chuck_foreman1 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Back in 1988 or so when I first bought this Speed Graphic I still had access to a dark room and I thought I'd have time to get into it. I was wrong. The hour ride back to the darkroom just didn't happen. I was too busy and I got busier. So I did manage to load one holder with sheet film and made two shots and developed them. I even contact printed one of them. That was that for the next ...what ....20 years!! Initially I was ignorant. I thought (until recently) that if I wanted to use 120 Roll film on the 4x5 I'd need a different lens. Gee was I naive!! I now know that this will work.. only the 4x5/120 roll film back had long seperated itself by two moves, one wife and two children. So here out of the Rip van Winkle sleep. I now realize I can shoot the 4x5/127 Ektar using 6x9 roll film. I don't need to mount a proper lens for 120. I do need to do some more work on the finder.. the bakelite parallax adjustment on the finder broke in transit. :( I managed these shots in July and I'm using equally vintage D76 1:1 on Ilford FP4 + ....Stay Tuned ....more to come!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CosteaM Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Very nice camera there Chuck and you got some nice pictures too. I have one just like it but my 127mm Ektar is in need of a CLA, slow speeds very sluggish. I'm waiting my turn as the technician is really busy. Cannot wait to take this baby out for a spin. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve salmons Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I have a Crown Graphic which I like to refer to as my 'point 'n shoot' 5x4 camera! Great fun camera to use. I am currently exploring a cheap way to try some ultrawide shots with it. Plans are afoot and I will post as and when they come to fruition.<br> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_s Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Some nice work, congratulations. That 127 Ektar must be a wicked lens on 6 x 9-- you're using just the central sweet spot of a sharp tessar design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg_adams Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Like wielding an old typewriter eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golden Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 very nice shots, the 127 rocks, i have the 127 and the 105. they are awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustys pics Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Cool architectural shots Chuck. Love the shot of the Post Bauhaus art building. So much detail...... The Ektar was THE lens for the 4x5 Graphic cameras. As our economy and government tank in the U.S. it's great to look back at these solid American cameras and see how capable they still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Chuck, your photos are very similar to those I got with my 127mm Ektar and a 6x9 roll film holder for my SG. Very sharp detail, very bright too.<br> <br> <img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/sf070627.jpg"><br> <br> Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thanks to everybody for the support Mihai .. looking forward to it ...your b&w is tip-top Steve .. 4x5 P&S that's how I used mine!! Dave ..this is a great lens and in good condition SG .. You know these things quite well Thanks John-- thanks for the kind words.. your posts are killer!! Russ .. thanks for writing. Paul Klee taught at this school Rick.. a real time warp could be 1944-5 same kind of brown blacks too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Great photos Chuck. Hope to see more out of that Graflex :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fleshin Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Steve, I have a 90mm Angulon lens on a Graflex board, have been thinking the same thing. ;-) Would like to have a 6x12cm back, but probably cheaper to just cut it from a 4x5 sheet, or I have some old friends who tell me they used to cut a slide to shoot the top then the bottom half. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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