[LargeFormat] Graphic View II

[Jim Brick]

At 11:59 PM 11/15/2005, Stein wrote:


>    One final thought. Are Graphic View II's the Dorian Grey of 
> monorail cameras? I see examples of them on eBay and they seem 
> unaltered despite being over 300 years old. So tempting to get one....
>
>     Uncle Dick


When I started Brooks Institute of Photography, in 1959, you had to 
have a 4x5 view camera, six holders, and an incident meter 
(Norwood/Sekonic/even Weston). My camera was a Graphic View II, a 
Norwood (not the Director), and I believe Riteway holders. I used the 
View II for many many years, in my business, before switching to a 
Sinar 4x5 and Deardorf 8x10. A number of years ago I sold both for a 
Linhof Technikardan as I wanted a field camera that was good in the 
studio and vice versa.

Jim