6 by 17 - leather, brass, wood and Tessar

This camera marks the point where 19th century design and 20th century technology came together in my work. In attempting to design a medium format camera for my own use with vintage style drive techniques I decided that I'd rather have modern performance. So in 1991, after adding a motor, a microcontroller and some FORTH code, I ended up with 16 stops of shutter speed range using a single slit width. A compact Zeis Tessar lens in a rotational "bellows" of 0.009" thick pigskin does the imaging chores.
Mahogany, brass, leather and a black box!

Waiting for the females . . .