Lens Boards for Graphic View II

[sruddy]

I’m looking to purchase a few more lenses for my Graphic View II 4x5 and I can’t locate any lens boards.

 

[Jim Jones]

The Graphic View series used the same lens board that many other press and view cameras of that time also used. They should still be plentiful. They are also easy to build up with two square pieces of properly sized 1/8 inch plywood or other material. The front piece is 4" square. The back piece is 3.5" square. Since the back piece is merely a light trap, it can be made of foam core, foam rubber, thick felt, or almost any other blackened material. If you have the tools to cut the hole for mounting the lens, fabricating the board should be no great problem.

 

[Doremus Scudder]

Search eBay "lens board 4x4." I got four pages of hits...

 

[sruddy]

Search eBay "lens board 4x4." I got four pages of hits...

Thanks been searching specifically for Graphic View boards with no luck.

 

[sruddy]

Thanks Jim I may do this if I don’t find any of the original silver/ gray boards.

 

[juan]

If I remember correctly, the Anniversary Graphic boards are 4x4 as well.
I just made mine of model airplane plywood.

 

[GKC]

It's called a "C" board. The same one used on pre- Pacemaker 4x5 Speed Graphics. They should be pretty common, or as other have posted, they're easy to make.
Back when all High Schools taught woodshop, a box of fresh doughnuts to the woodshop teacher and he would probably make you what you need out of scrap.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I have Graphic View, Graphic View II, and Anniversary Speed Graphic cameras -- lens boards interchange between all three. One of the reasons I like that set...