[LargeFormat] Planning Advice

[Douglas Cooper]

On 4/3/01 5:17 PM, Pam Niedermayer expressed the following:

> I hated the Speed Graphic, tore it apart for parts within two weeks of
> receiving it.
> 


It's an odd camera, to be sure, but I think it is very much the Poor Man's
Linhof.  Nice to have a rangefinder -- I'm thinking of doing some
Weegee-style street shooting.  But I can see finding it a bit unwieldy.  The
movements are pretty bizarre -- you pretty much need Gandy's article at
cameraquest.com in order to figure out front shift, for instance.

> I plan to attach (probably glue) a little slot onto the back of the
> lens, have the top of it hinged so I can interchange bag and normal
> and still have it light tight.


Okay, maybe I'm thick today, but I can't for the life of me visualize this!
(And am quite interested in having this done.)

cheers,



Douglas Cooper
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