[LargeFormat] Graphic View II

[Bob Blakely]

The Graphic View cameras are considered large format by most, albeit 4x5 is 
at the smaller end of the large format scale.

Regards,
Bob...
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From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim at hemenway.com>


>I had a couple of 'em 4-5 years ago. very well made... but I sold them 
>because they were too small and I already have other medium format cameras. 
>;-)
>
> Jim
>
> Les Newcomer wrote:
>
>> On Nov 16, 2005, at 2:59 AM, Stein wrote:
>>
>>> One final thought. Are Graphic View II's the Dorian Grey of monorail 
>>> cameras? I see examples of them on eBay and they seem unaltered despite 
>>> being over 300 years old. So tempting to get one....
>>>
>>
>> they are in a way. Since they have no self portrait I proclaim that 
>> instead of aging, they get heavier.   Having been one of those slaves in 
>> my teens, I found the GVII to be a much better camera over the master's 
>> Deardorff, but now that I"m older, they passed slave laws and I will 
>> swear the venerable GVII has added several stone to it's weight.   (Or is 
>> it me that has added several stone?)