by K. Praslowicz ~ April 21st, 2007.
I purchased my Graphlex 4x5 Anniversary Speed Graphic after I managed to break one of the spring arms on my Burke & James Press that hold the film on to the body. It is build much more solidly than the Burke & James, though I do miss some of the features that the Burke & James had. Front tilt, and the rotating back to be specific.
For some crazy reason, people keep saying things like "How much did that cost? It looks like those old fashion cameras." The answer being "A lot less then your 3.6megapixel, and actually, it is one of those old fashion cameras."
by K. Praslowicz ~ August 2nd, 2010 | 3 Comments Al Franken came to Duluth. I got photos.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ July 18th, 2010 | 3 Comments Exploring an ergonomic way to hand hold a Speed Graphic camera.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ October 10th, 2009 | No Comments Although they have been obsolete for some time, does the large format press camera still have influence over people?
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ September 9th, 2009 | 6 Comments I recently purchased a 210mm Industar-51 large format lens for thirty dollars. These are my first impressions of its performance.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ August 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment Dig deep into any of the many photography forums out on The Internets, and eventually you'll find a thread where everyone lists out of cameras which they have spotted in various films & television shows. The M3 in Coraline. Will Smith's ranegfinder in the title sequence of the Fresh Price of Bel-Air. They all get [...]
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ July 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments Sharing stories of the conversations that happen after being busted while doing street photography.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ April 20th, 2009 | No Comments Graflex Camera ad. c. 1950
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ February 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments Today's topic: Sports Photography! Wait? Don't I shoot film cameras that lack motor drives and 300mm lenses? Don't I use crazy contraptions that won't focus for me and often require me to stop shooting while I empty it? Yes! Yes I do! And I'm proud to say that I enjoy shooting sports with them. I've [...]
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ September 28th, 2008 | 2 Comments How to efficiently use a side mounted range finder on 4x5 press cameras.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ June 21st, 2008 | No Comments Seven hours of my feet. 18 photos with the Speed Graphic. 72 Photos with the 124G. 96 Color photos with my M3. 128 B&W photos with my M3. Longest single outing I think I've ever had, and the first where I got to wear an actual badge saying "Official Photographer" and I'm surprisingly not as [...]
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ May 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment As promised, here are my results from the Duluth Classic bike race. Full set of keepers can be viewed in this set on my flickr page. More photos by clicking here.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ May 25th, 2008 | No Comments So it seems that the course for third stage of the Duluth Classic Bike Race goes right in front of where I am living. I had no clue until about 9:30 this morning when I looked out of my front window and seen a massive swarm of bikes going past. I loaded up some grafmatics [...]
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ January 9th, 2008 | No Comments Ergonomic shutter release technique for hand held Speed Graphic shooting.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ December 16th, 2007 | No Comments Testing of the noise of the Leica M3 against other focal plane shutter cameras.
View Entire Post by K. Praslowicz ~ June 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment About fifteen minutes ago I was out doing some night photography with my Speed Graphic. The main part of the scene metered at 5:30 minutes exposure after factoring in reciprocity. The darkest parts that I wanted to register where pretty dark, so I needed to use my flash to build up some density. I opened [...]
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I purchased my Graphlex 4x5 Anniversary Speed Graphic after I managed to break one of the spring arms on my Burke & James Press that hold the film on to the body. It is build much more solidly than the Burke & James, though I do miss some of the features that the Burke & James had. Front tilt, and the rotating back to be specific.
The Burke & James 4x5 Press, Endorsed by Weegee
Tilt & Hurl
June 7th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I bought a graflex anniversary in ebay it does a little more than 1 year the cost was aprox 250 dollares mine conditions whit it is come the flash, 2 glasses of the finder, cable shooter, cables for the flash, 2 lenses, filters, back film, you tackle and his case. very finished this one nevertheless needed painting and oil. it is a very nice but very complicated team I go many months investigating as it works to be able to use my camera. I believe that in close states it is possible to buy one depending on the state from 70 dollares up to 1000 .and in europe it can cost a little more although they are usually better preserved good luck
June 7th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
with regard to the pixels I dont know but I can say to you that it is a camera of medium or big format this means that depending on the version it goes to use badges or movie 120, the photographic teams of badges are used to do photography ofadvertising where it is needed that the photography has one excellent quality and those of formto way deal for photography of fashion, in any version you will have a very nice complex team of using more ideal for captures in study and also the ideal thing a tripie is