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Here's a Super Graphic large format camera (for 4x5 as well as 6x9) with a 90mm wide angle lens and a 270mm large format telephoto lens, an anodized Copal 0 lens board, an extra pair of infinity stops for the 90mm lens, and a PressLok tripod rapid release.
The first lens is a 90mm Congo Yamasaki f6.3 in a Seikosha shutter with speeds to 1/500th. This is a great wide angle lens (Congo took over the production of Graflex lenses, and they have some nice ones) with plenty of movement for 4x5; everything on it works as it should and there are no marks, haze, etc on the elements. Comes with a home made lens cap -- super light, this lens folds inside without any problem on the Copal 0 board.
The second lens is a 270mm Rodenstock Rotelar f5.6 large format fast telephoto lens in a Synchro-Compur shutter with speeds up to 1/400th. This is a specially designed telephoto lens with a short focal length, so you can use this on a field camera with a short bellows; the lens is multi-coated and the elements look great -- there are few cleaning marks, but no scratches, and the coatings are intact. The shutter fires fine at speeds faster than 1/25, is sluggish at 1/10, and hangs on the half second and 1 second settings. Comes attached to a Copal 1 board. Has some movement for 4x5 and plenty of movement in 6x9, which is how I used it. Takes 67mm filters.
The Super Graphic, if you don't know it already, has more front standard movements than many of the field cameras out there (including my Wista 45RF) -- all the rise, tilt, lateral shift, and swing you can possibly use outdoors. There is a limited amount of back tilt with the bed drop and bed raise, but what you lose in rear movements you gain in weight savings. These cameras are super light! With a 90mm lens, this one weighs two pounds, if that, which makes it quite easy to backpack with and very easy to shoot handheld, which is what it was designed for.
Easy to use rotating back, so there is no need to put the camera on its side to shoot in portrait mode; the plastic tab for the rotation lever is intact, too.
Also has a Graflok back, so you can use every Graflok accessory that's out there -- roll film backs, Grafmatic 45 film holders, etc. The rear hood is removable, too, so you can use a loupe when you need to. (The rear hood on this one is missing the dark slide clip.)
The bad news on this body is that the electric shutter does not work (I've checked it with batteries); the rangefinder works from infinity to about 10 feet -- but I don't have cams that would fit either of the lenses included. This has never been a problem for me as I can focus using the ground glass even when I'm hand holding the camera -- but there are sources for cams, if you absolutely have to have a working rangefinder.
The body has the usual scuff marks and a bit of a musty smell that is only noticeable if you have the camera right up next to your face; the ground glass and fresnel screen are clean and the screen has a few scratches but nothing that will affect operation. All movements work as they should; the sports finder is intact and works great. (I put on a battery door just to keep dust and dirt out of the rangefinder housing.)
The Super Graphic is same as the Super Speed Graphic, but without the dangerous 1000 speed shutter -- everything else between the two models is identical. Perfect for field use, but versatile enough to be used as a studio camera (and the telephoto lens will double as a portrait lens). The last of the great press cameras, and far superior to the Crown Graphic that preceded these models.
Asking $650 for everything, payable via PayPal. PM me with questions if you have them.
The first lens is a 90mm Congo Yamasaki f6.3 in a Seikosha shutter with speeds to 1/500th. This is a great wide angle lens (Congo took over the production of Graflex lenses, and they have some nice ones) with plenty of movement for 4x5; everything on it works as it should and there are no marks, haze, etc on the elements. Comes with a home made lens cap -- super light, this lens folds inside without any problem on the Copal 0 board.
The second lens is a 270mm Rodenstock Rotelar f5.6 large format fast telephoto lens in a Synchro-Compur shutter with speeds up to 1/400th. This is a specially designed telephoto lens with a short focal length, so you can use this on a field camera with a short bellows; the lens is multi-coated and the elements look great -- there are few cleaning marks, but no scratches, and the coatings are intact. The shutter fires fine at speeds faster than 1/25, is sluggish at 1/10, and hangs on the half second and 1 second settings. Comes attached to a Copal 1 board. Has some movement for 4x5 and plenty of movement in 6x9, which is how I used it. Takes 67mm filters.
The Super Graphic, if you don't know it already, has more front standard movements than many of the field cameras out there (including my Wista 45RF) -- all the rise, tilt, lateral shift, and swing you can possibly use outdoors. There is a limited amount of back tilt with the bed drop and bed raise, but what you lose in rear movements you gain in weight savings. These cameras are super light! With a 90mm lens, this one weighs two pounds, if that, which makes it quite easy to backpack with and very easy to shoot handheld, which is what it was designed for.
Easy to use rotating back, so there is no need to put the camera on its side to shoot in portrait mode; the plastic tab for the rotation lever is intact, too.
Also has a Graflok back, so you can use every Graflok accessory that's out there -- roll film backs, Grafmatic 45 film holders, etc. The rear hood is removable, too, so you can use a loupe when you need to. (The rear hood on this one is missing the dark slide clip.)
The bad news on this body is that the electric shutter does not work (I've checked it with batteries); the rangefinder works from infinity to about 10 feet -- but I don't have cams that would fit either of the lenses included. This has never been a problem for me as I can focus using the ground glass even when I'm hand holding the camera -- but there are sources for cams, if you absolutely have to have a working rangefinder.
The body has the usual scuff marks and a bit of a musty smell that is only noticeable if you have the camera right up next to your face; the ground glass and fresnel screen are clean and the screen has a few scratches but nothing that will affect operation. All movements work as they should; the sports finder is intact and works great. (I put on a battery door just to keep dust and dirt out of the rangefinder housing.)
The Super Graphic is same as the Super Speed Graphic, but without the dangerous 1000 speed shutter -- everything else between the two models is identical. Perfect for field use, but versatile enough to be used as a studio camera (and the telephoto lens will double as a portrait lens). The last of the great press cameras, and far superior to the Crown Graphic that preceded these models.
Asking $650 for everything, payable via PayPal. PM me with questions if you have them.
