Photography - Graphic View I

On Apr 19, 11:47 am, darkroommike wrote:
I get it, like the much battered Nikon F that a "real" press
photographer uses, a Graphic View needs a home-brew
lensboard. OK, I still want one original for looks but
talked to my local model railroad dealer yesterday and he
has all kinds of basswood and plywood in ready-cut 4 inch
wide sheets I figure I can produce several boards for just a
few bucks.

Also I think the Crown Graphic View is also very pretty just
darn rare, only made a couple of yeas and discontinued when
the metal Graphic View I was introduced.

And the Pacemaker Graphic is attractive in a form follows
function industrial design way, no great beauty but pretty
ergonomic for a camera designed decades before the concept
became a big ballyhoo.

I have a link to a guy that "butchered" a Graphic View to
make a real wide angle camera, if my CAS (Camera Acquisition
Syndrome) keeps kicking in I'll have enough parts before I'm
finished to build a Wide Angle Camera but I want mine to
have RED bellows.

http://bigcamera.com/articles/GraphicViewStubby.htm

CAS is similar to NAS which is the disease that the Nikon MF
group on Yahoo talks about all the time, so CAS is not
original just very descriptive of my affliction. Before
eBay I only got the opportunity to buy stuff at camera shows
now it gets me everyday, probably why I haven't any money to
fix up what I already have!

darkroommike

Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
"darkroommike" wrote

I just picked up a Graphic View I (base tilts) and fell in love with its
Art Deco Look.

I had one when a student, and I agree about the looks --
a very pretty camera, as is the View II. I think they
were the only really good looking cameras Graflex made.
Graflex must have gone outside the company for the design.

it needs a few parts to complete and a few minor repairs. So I have a few
questions:

Can someone suggest a few sources of parts,

I see Richard has already pointed you to Graflex.org
and Lustig.

I need the front lens board retaining clip, and some parts for the focus
drive on one of the standards.

My View I, in its previous existence, originally
belonged to the Cleveland Police department. It
was _really_ worn out and the bushings and gears for
the standard-to-rail adjustment assys were shot. I had
a machinist look at making new parts but the cost
wasn't worth it.

Oh and a couple of un-drilled metal lens boards (I know I can make the
boards from plywood but want to stay original).

I made boards by laminating chip-board from the back
of legal pads to the right thickness. Died them black
with Kiwi sole edge-dressing and soaked them in thinned
Waterlox to waterproof them. I have seen lots of people
with Masonite boards. A Graphic View with an original
board may be a fashion faux pas.

I know that isn't the answer you are looking for,
but in case you can't find OE boards...

My biggest gripe was the inability to use a WA lens.
A 90mm Angulon would just fit in the recessed lens
board and focus at infinity but the bellows were
compressed tight and movements were impossible
(which, since and Angulon doesn't have any extra
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