Speed Graphic 4x5- Was On a Shoot Recently

[Paul Howell]

I have both a Speed which has seen much better days, and a Crown, I replaced the Wollensake 135mm with a Zeiss 135 that matched the cam, I broke the rangefinder on the speed so usually shoot with a 150mm or 210 with the ground glass back. I've been thinking about upgrading the ground glass, need to find a supplier and buy cut to size. Also thinking about stripping the leather covering and turning the speed into a tropical camera, but have broken the wooden frame when I dropped it hiking a slot canyon, the leather or leatheate might be only thing holding it together.

 

[braxus]

Just purchased a used Fujinon 90mm f8 SW lens. Its a newer version lens, but had some balding in the black paint on the internal parts. It said it won't affect the pictures, so I figured why not. The price was right. I'll have to get another lens board of course for the Graflex. They come pretty cheap these days though. Even new repros. The serial number of the lens was 606,XXX. It said it had a Copal 60 shutter, but I've never heard of a 60 shutter before. Misprint? I was told the shutter was supposed to be a Copal 0 size. So I think this completes my needed lenses for the Graflex. Be I don't often use the camera, not getting the expensive lenses is my goal.