[LargeFormat] Graphic View II
Bob Blakely
Bob at Blakely.com
Wed Nov 16 17:14:29 EST 2005
The Graphic View cameras are considered large format by most, albeit 4x5 is
at the smaller end of the large format scale.
Regards,
Bob...
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From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim at hemenway.com>
>I had a couple of 'em 4-5 years ago. very well made... but I sold them
>because they were too small and I already have other medium format cameras.
>;-)
>
> Jim
>
> Les Newcomer wrote:
>
>> On Nov 16, 2005, at 2:59 AM, 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....
>>>
>>
>> they are in a way. Since they have no self portrait I proclaim that
>> instead of aging, they get heavier. Having been one of those slaves in
>> my teens, I found the GVII to be a much better camera over the master's
>> Deardorff, but now that I"m older, they passed slave laws and I will
>> swear the venerable GVII has added several stone to it's weight. (Or is
>> it me that has added several stone?)
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