[LargeFormat] Large Format SLR

[Jim Hemenway]

Hi Richard:

 > The Graflex shutter is very simple but
 > is not self capping and is not uniform in exposure.
 > This last can be quite noticable at higher speeds
 > and especially when the film in the vertical position.

What is meant by "self-capping".

So far I haven't noticed any non-uniform exposures but thanks for the 
heads-up.  I've only used it for horizontal shots.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com


Richard Knoppow wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> To: "Large Format Group" <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:31 AM
> 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
>>-- 
>>
>>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>
> 
>   Astonishing. I wonder if it has an automatic diaphragm or
> a more complex shutter than the Graflex. There were other
> SLR's and press cameras with regulated, self-capping, focal
> plane shutters. Among them the well known Zeiss Miroflex.
> The shutter in the Miroflex was an ancestor of the Contax
> shutter. Busch also offered a self capping focal plane
> shutter on one version of its press camera. I've never seen
> one for sale. I think this camera was made to meet the
> military spec for the Speed Graphic but it was also offered
> as a civilian model. The Graflex shutter is very simple but
> is not self capping and is not uniform in exposure. This
> last can be quite noticable at higher speeds and especially
> when the film in the vertical position.
> 
> I got my Super-D before prices went up, its a favorite
> camera but most modern photographers would probably think it
> clumsey (its not).
> 
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@ix.netcom.com