Mitchell Graph-Check Sequence Camera

[frobozz]

I finally got my hands on some only-mildly-outdated (2006) Polaroid 57 film to try out my Graph-Check camera. I posted the results in the gallery:

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Here's a good writeup about it on the net (mine is a slightly newer version than the one pictured):

http://www.vintagephoto.tv/graphcheck.shtml


Anyone else got one of these?

Duncan

 

[Scott_Sheppard]

Hey Duncan:

Yes.. I have one.

What model is yours ?

Mine is the Model 400. So I can use Type 52.

My problem is that my Type 52 the pods are DRY :-(

Where did you find your camera at ?

Thanks

Scott

 

[Mick Fagan]

I don't have one, but one of the Melbourne fellas does:-

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

That is "Munz6869" He is away overseas currently, should be back around the end of July or early August.

Mick.

 

[munz6869]

I'm still lurking (whilst sitting in a hotel in Vienna). I've only used TXP pushed to a grainy 3200 in mine, with good results, but suffering from the grain and contrast...

Marc!

 

[holmburgers]

Wow, I've never seen this camera before. About how much do they go for, and do you think one could be easily modified to use normal sheet film?

 

[Scott_Sheppard]

Wow, I've never seen this camera before. About how much do they go for, and do you think one could be easily modified to use normal sheet film?

They will take a regular 4x5 film holder just fine. Then you can use what ever you like

You can set the shutter opening speed to very slow and then get 8 different shots on one film, very cool to play with.

Thanks

Scott

 

[frobozz]

They will take a regular 4x5 film holder just fine. Then you can use what ever you like

You can set the shutter opening speed to very slow and then get 8 different shots on one film, very cool to play with.

Thanks

Scott

Even the very slow is still reasonably fast - I sure wouldn't be able to compose and shoot 8 completely different shots like that...but hey, that might make an interesting challenge! Or to be really silly, you could try to point in exactly the 8 directions required so that when they all showed up on film they'd be a complete 4x5 view of the scene I guess that would be the analog version of "stitching" eh?

I'll have to look to see which model mine is when I get home tonight. It's the faster one that needs the 57 film, whichever model that is. I picked it up on That Auction Site, of course, for something like $50, with original case and instructions. As you pointed out, the Polaroid 545 holder it comes with can just be slid out and a normal 4x5 holder slid in, and voila, you can shoot whatever sheet film you can get your hands on! Now if only someone made a grainless moderate-contrast 3200 speed 4x5 sheet film, darn it.

Duncan

 

[frobozz]

Mine is a model 400A...

Duncan