July 27th, 2009

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Had my hands on a Speed Graphic

Monday, July 27th, 2009

well, for a few minutes at least.  The one I had my hands on was one of the older (70’s?  60’s?) models, the type that had originally been used by the press. It was great: bellows (with holes, unfortunately), all manual switches & dials, 4×5 film size, even a plate on the back for viewing – and true to large-format cameras, you view it upside down.

So, why mention in here?  Just because it’s cool.  I mean, how often to you get your hands on a large-format camera with bellows?

More on the camera (from Wikipedia).

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