Monday, May 17, 2010

THE GRAFLEX


mmmmm...


The Graflex was designed for use by photojournalists in America, and was the standard of press photography for part of the 20th century. It is the Depot's more popular variety of 4x5 camera. All of our Graflexes at the cage have essentially been converted into view cameras, and so it is recommended that users bring a dark cloth or sheet to use as a focusing hood when using a Graflex. These cameras offer the quality of the 4x5 negative along with some of the portability of smaller format cameras. We currently have four Graflexes in stock. Each one has a different lens. Each kit comes with a shutter release cable and a loupe, and there is a slight variety (as noted below) in these objects.

Graflex 1 is a Crown Graphic. It comes with a 150mm Caltar lens on a Synchro Compur shutter.
The kit includes a Toyo ground glass loupe and a long shutter release cable.

Graflex 2 is a Speed Graphic. It comes with a 135mm Schneider lens on a Synchro Compur Shutter. The kit comes with an 8x generic loupe and a shutter release cable.

Graflex 3 is a Crown Graphic with a Schneider 15omm Apo-Symmar on a Copal Shutter. The kit comes with a Toyo loupe and a short shutter release cable.
Graflex 4 is a Crown Graphic. It has a 150mm Rodenstock Geronar on a Copal Shutter. The kit comes with an 8x generic loupe and a short shutter release cable.

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