I have discovered... Graflex! Someone gave me a little Century Graphic with
a 6x7 120 roll back. It's fun and it draws attention. Well, to the addicted,
it just couldn't stop there, so then came the miniature Pacemaker, the 4x5
pacemaker, the 4x5 Crown the military 4x5 KE-12(1) and the 4x5 PH-47-J -
both in complete kits with flashes (lightsabers to you Star Wars fans),
filters, lens shades, Wooden tripods, 4x5 film holders, etc. Then there's
all the accoutrements one must have like Polaroid backs, extra lenses,
infinity stops, distance scales, viewfinder masks, lens boards, etc. ...Not
to mention a graphlarger back and flat field enlarging lens that turns the
camera into an enlarger!
Restoration is fun! I've already completely stripped the Century Graphic,
cleaned, polished and lubricated everything, replaced the half-silvered
mirror in the Kalart rangefinder and replaced the "leatherette" with real
leather (deep burgundy), polished every little scratch out of the
"mahogonite" body and added a Graflex XL handle.
Regards,
Bob...
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"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose
as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers
with the smallest possible amount of hissing."
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert,
minister of finance to French King Louis XIV
