[LargeFormat] Planning Advice
Douglas Cooper
largeformat@f32.net
Tue Apr 3 19:04:08 2001
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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