[LargeFormat] Large Format SLR
Jim Hemenway
largeformat@f32.net
Wed Feb 11 04:44:01 2004
Hi Richard:
> The Graflex shutter is very simple but
> is not self capping and is not uniform in exposure.
> This last can be quite noticable at higher speeds
> and especially when the film in the vertical position.
What is meant by "self-capping".
So far I haven't noticed any non-uniform exposures but thanks for the
heads-up. I've only used it for horizontal shots.
Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
Richard Knoppow wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> To: "Large Format Group" <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:31 AM
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Large Format SLR
>
>
>
>>The $1,000 I paid for my Graflex, plus $500 to Grimes for
>
> overhauling
>
>>it, doesn't seem too much now after seeing the price for
>
> this.
>
>>http://www.wisner.com/freedom.htm
>>--
>>
>>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>
>
> Astonishing. I wonder if it has an automatic diaphragm or
> a more complex shutter than the Graflex. There were other
> SLR's and press cameras with regulated, self-capping, focal
> plane shutters. Among them the well known Zeiss Miroflex.
> The shutter in the Miroflex was an ancestor of the Contax
> shutter. Busch also offered a self capping focal plane
> shutter on one version of its press camera. I've never seen
> one for sale. I think this camera was made to meet the
> military spec for the Speed Graphic but it was also offered
> as a civilian model. The Graflex shutter is very simple but
> is not self capping and is not uniform in exposure. This
> last can be quite noticable at higher speeds and especially
> when the film in the vertical position.
>
> I got my Super-D before prices went up, its a favorite
> camera but most modern photographers would probably think it
> clumsey (its not).
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@ix.netcom.com