My new 20x20 inch Donchev wet plate camera has arrived !!!

After a long waiting period of about six months finally my new

wet plate camera has arrived.

With this camera i am able to produce ambrotypes up to 20 x 20 inch !!

This camera was made in Bulgaria by Andrev Donchev.

For me it was a bit of a gamble because i bought it only from drawings,

but i must say : i am really impressed !!

This camera is a state of art. Very well build and every movement is geared.

Just the packaging alone must have taken hours to make. just fantastic.

Soon we will also post a movie of the unpacking and demo of this camera.

Now the hard work begins as i have to build a larger silver bath, buy larger trays etc etc.

some details :

complete packaging 76 kg

camera it self without wet plate back 38 kg

max extention  aprox 60 inch (1.5 meter)

lens plate 28.5 cm

max plate size 20 x 20 inch (aprox 51 x51 cm)

Following pictures were taken with a sony video camera by Ad van den Beemt.