[pure-silver] Re: Speaking Of Graflex
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:28:54 -0700
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From: "Howard Efner" <hfefner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:47 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Speaking Of Graflex
Tim, I had one of those - a Baby Speed in 2x3 format with a
Graflok back. The 2x3 rollholder was the same size as a
filmholder and had a couple of slots that the tabs on the
Graflok back slid into. Shoot one roll, pull the rollholder
off and put a fresh one on. Came in knob and lever wind
versions. The 4x5 version had the rollholder permanently
mounted on that large adapter plate which then mounted on
the 4x5 back. A lot more cumbersome.
Howard Efner
de KF5RGU
Graflex made roll holders to fit both Graflex and
Graflok backs but not the spring Graflex back. Both the
Graflex and Graflok back have removable ground glass panels
and hold accessories by means of slide stips. The Graflex
and Graflok backs are different and take different designs
of accessories. They also take different standard film
holders. Holders for the Graphic and Graflok back have
smooth sides, those for the old Graflex back have grooves in
the sides to fit the sliding strips on the back. Graflex
backs have a removable ground glass panel but it was suppled
as an accessory while the panel of the Graflok is a part of
the back and has the pressure springs necessary to take
standard film holders. The Graflex back was standard on
Graflex cameras and Graphic or Graflok backs were standard
on Speed/Crown Graphics although either camera could be
special ordered with either back and Graflok backs were also
available for either but were special order items for the
Graflex. Graflex backs are sometimes found in Speed Graphic
cameras meant for special purposes such as scientific
photography, because they would accept various accsssories
that could not be used on a standard spring back.
There were several variations of the Graflex roll film
holder. The early ones had knobs for winding the film, the
later versions had a lever. The later holders also had
additional rollers to maintain film flatness and location.
The last were made by Singer. A special finder mask is
necessary to account for the difference in film size and
format for larger format cameras but the 2x3 Graphic or
Graflex can be used without masking provided, in the case of
the Graphic, it has the standard 101mm or 105mm lens.
Graflex suppled at least a dozen masks for the eye-level
finder on its cameras.
See http://www.graflex.org for more.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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