[LargeFormat] Large Format SLR

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A friend of mine had a Gowlandflex.  It was a bit floppity too, but it 
was also fairly lightweight, lighter than my Speed Graphic.  He 
eventually sold it too.

Les


On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 11:04  AM, philip lambert wrote:

> yes I remember the Gowlandflex. I never saw one in the solid though.   
> My
> 5x4 Gowland monorail was a bit floppity with distinct limitations so I 
> sold
> it.  Philip
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Large Format SLR
>
>
>> Hi Philip:
>>
>> I find the Graflex 4x5 SLR much easier to work with than I do a
>> conventional monorail, even with a reflex viewfinder.
>>
>> It's less bulky and I can walk about and shoot handheld. As you know,
>> real photographers don't need tripods for 4x5 and smaller :-)
>>
>> When I visited Steve Grimes a few months before he died, he had 
>> several
>> Graflex cameras which were in various states of repair.  He told me 
>> that
>> they were all from NY fashion photogs.
>>
>> The only camera that I might prefer to the Graflex would be a
>> Gowlandflex TLR.  http://www.petergowland.com/camera/
>>
>> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> philip lambert wrote:
>>
>>> A most impressive piece of furniture.  If it's not a daft question, 
>>> how
> is
>>> it better than a conventional monorail with a mirror back 
>>> viewfinder?  I
> had
>>> one on a 5x4 which worked well and I could shut the bellows up for a
> 65mm S
>>> Angulon.  Difficult to see the edges of the image though.
>>> Don't see any way of using a 54 single lens reflex with a wideangle 
>>> lens
>>> unless somebody is making a retrofocus 75mm with a 150mm back focus. 
>>>  I
> used
>>> to have a Thornton Pickard quarter plate camera with a 6 inch Triotar
> lens
>>> and there was no way a wideangle would fit and clear the rising 
>>> mirror.
>>> Philip
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
>>> To: "Large Format Group" <largeformat@f32.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:31 PM
>>> 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
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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