[LargeFormat] Apo Gerogons and Graflex RB Cameras

[Clive Warren]

At 17:31 19/03/2004 -0500, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>Hi Clive:
>
>You're right, Grimes can make an adapter to put it in an Alphax.  The 
>Super D has a 190mm Ektar and even though the camera has a focal plane 
>shutter, the release mechanism is linked to the semi-auto aperture 
>close-down during exposure.  I could put the 210 on the camera but it 
>isn't worst the bother, (to me) for the extra 20mm.
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Jim,

You've answered my question - I had always wondered how well those 190mm 
Ektars perform and they seem to do a  great job. The auto shutdown is a 
great advantage as long as there is no significant focus shift. My old RB 
is running a  Series VIIa Protar - from memory it is around 9" in focal 
length and also produces excellent results.

As you say, there doesn't seem to be a lot of point in fettling the 210 
Gerogon with the Ektar already in place.

The back on my Graflex does rotate a little too easily. The positive lock 
doesn't! I don't recall how the Super D locates the back positions but it 
is probably similar to the older RBs. Mine has a detent pin that is 
supposed to lock the back in either portrait or landscape mode. The back 
has been replaced with a Graflok variety, probably many years ago, so it 
may be the case that it needs a bit of TLC.

Cheers,
            Clive