Auteur: Dan Fromm
Date: 26-12-2004 15:12
Si vous lisez anglais, allez a www.graflex.org pour apprendre plus a propos des Graphics.
Les chambres Speed Graphic acceptent presque tous les objectifs moderns. Pour eux les objectifs classiques sont Ektars. 100/6.3 Wide Field, 127/4.7, 152/4.5, 203/7.7. Ou les 90/6.8, 127/4.7, 135/4.5, 160/4.5, 203/7.5, et 250/5.6 tele de Wollensak. Aussi le 88/6.8 de Bausch & Lomb.
Within their limits -- short bellows, minimal movements -- you can do anything with a Graphic that you can do with another press, technical, field, or view camera. They accept the same sheet films as other 4x5 cameras, also the same polaroid backs.
In comparison with the Littman, Speed Graphics are larger, heavier, more flexible, and much less expensive. Most models of Speed Graphic have much worse parallax compensation than the Littman. Late Crown Graphics with top rangefinder have better parallax compensation. The one New York City street photographer -- "Take your picture, sir?"" -- I know shoots Polaroid film in a 4x5 Crown Graphic with a 150 Symmar-S. His camera's rangefinder is adjusted for the lens.
M. Goupy advised a Mamiya Press instead of a Graphic. He's right, the Mamiya Press is more convenient to use. He's wrong, it is only a 2x3 camera but there are 4x5 Speeds. I use a 2x3 Speed Graphic and a Century Graphic, also 2x3, with a wider range of lenses than are available for Mamiya Press cameras. I don't regret having chosen Graphics instead of Mamiya Press, but within their limits -- not many lenses, hard to use for macro work, no focal plane shutter -- Mamiya Press cameras, especially the Super 23 and Universal, are outstanding.
Good luck,
Dan
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