[LargeFormat] Graphic View II

[Jim Hemenway]

Bob:

I was kidding... my LF camera of choice is 11x14.

My Rolleis and Leicas are "tiny cameras".

:-)

Jim


Bob Blakely wrote:

> The Graphic View cameras are considered large format by most, albeit 4x5 
> is at the smaller end of the large format scale.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob...
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy;
> if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
> - Socrates
> 
> 
> 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?)
> 
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