Ooooh! What a nice idea. Regards, Bob S.
On 7/3/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
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