[LargeFormat] Large Format SLR

[philip lambert]

yes I remember the Gowlandflex. I never saw one in the solid though.   My
5x4 Gowland monorail was a bit floppity with distinct limitations so I sold
it.  Philip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Large Format SLR


> Hi Philip:
>
> I find the Graflex 4x5 SLR much easier to work with than I do a
> conventional monorail, even with a reflex viewfinder.
>
> It's less bulky and I can walk about and shoot handheld. As you know,
> real photographers don't need tripods for 4x5 and smaller :-)
>
> When I visited Steve Grimes a few months before he died, he had several
> Graflex cameras which were in various states of repair.  He told me that
> they were all from NY fashion photogs.
>
> The only camera that I might prefer to the Graflex would be a
> Gowlandflex TLR.  http://www.petergowland.com/camera/
>
> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
>
>
> 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
> >>-- 
> >>
> >>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> >>
>
>
>
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