[LargeFormat] Eskofot Ultragon

[LNphoto]

Here's where two wrongs make a right.  It's the wrong back for your 
camera, but you've got the wrong back on your camera, so it will fit 
your back, and thus...your camera.  If it has an Octogon Graflex logo, 
then its an older version.  If it has a round logo and a catalog number 
(1268) then the holder is the newer version that will lock up 
completely when it gets to "X" The other version will lock the slide 
but not the drawer.  This means that you can push and pull, but not 
shoot anything.

Les' semi-fallible guide to Gralfex speeling....

If there's an "L"  in will be preceded by an "F"

ex:  GraFLex, GraFLok

If there's no "L"  it's USUually  "PH" but can be "F"

ex:
GraPHic
GraPHex shutter
and then
Grafmatic


A few years back Warner Brothers marketed a shirt with Sylvester the 
Cat twisting the spelling of most cities...
"I live in Rochethter," or "Traverth Thity."    I wanted one that said, 
" I own a Graphlex"


On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 02:34  PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:

> Hi Les:
>
> It's an RB Super D Graflex 4x5 and has been fitted with a Graflok back.
> The Grafmatic is marked "Grafmatic Film holder"  and below that a logo 
> image of a Graflex, and to the right of that "45" Graphic.
>
> So, after reading your message I don't know what I have, but suspect 
> that it's for the Graphic rather than the Graflex, and that it fits my 
> Graflex because of the Graflok back.... Is there a Graphlok back?
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> I didn't know that a Grafmatic was made for 2x3, I'll have to keep my 
> eyes open for one.
>
> I sure wish that their marketing folks had standardized on "f" or "ph".
>
>
> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
>
> LNphoto wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 01:50  PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>> I bought a 4x5 Graphmatic yesterday at a photo show for $60.00. I 
>>> don't know whether or not that's a good price but bought it anyway. 
>>> It's going to be a nice convenience for me when using my 4x5 
>>> Graphlex SLR
>> Jim,
>> Since you own a Graflex SLR I assume you know the difference between 
>> a "45 Graphic" and a "45 Graflex"  Grafmatic.  If its for a Graflex, 
>> then $60 was a good deal.
>> On the same subject, but a totally useless bit of triva...the 
>> inventor the Grafmatic originally designed it for 3x4 film.  It took 
>> Graflex about 3 years to make in manufacturable, and then they 
>> skipped 3x4 and went from 2x3 to 4x5.
>> Les
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