[LargeFormat] Large Format SLR

[tripspud]

Hi Philip!

      All field view cmaeras and monorail camerras need a tripod.  A large
format SLR can be used handheld or placed on a table, park bench, etc.
The large format SLR is as quick on the draw as a modern roll film
or 35mm camera.  Often today, you can't use a tripod without hassle.

       I gave this a lot of thought before I sold my modified 5x7 Seneca
and bought this 5x7 Press Graflex that I will have restored/modified.

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

philip lambert wrote:

> A most impressive piece of furniture.  If it's not a daft question, how is
> it better than a conventional monorail with a mirror back viewfinder?  I had
> one on a 5x4 which worked well and I could shut the bellows up for a 65mm S
> Angulon.  Difficult to see the edges of the image though.
> Don't see any way of using a 54 single lens reflex with a wideangle lens
> unless somebody is making a retrofocus 75mm with a 150mm back focus.  I used
> to have a Thornton Pickard quarter plate camera with a 6 inch Triotar lens
> and there was no way a wideangle would fit and clear the rising mirror.
> Philip
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> To: "Large Format Group" <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:31 PM
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Large Format SLR
>
> > The $1,000 I paid for my Graflex, plus $500 to Grimes for overhauling
> > it, doesn't seem too much now after seeing the price for this.
> > http://www.wisner.com/freedom.htm
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> >
> > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> >
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