This camera is a beauty, it was owned by photojournalist Fred Tonne, who workeds for the Milwaukee Journal Newspaper. I have never seen a Graflex of that era (1912-1952?) on eBay in such great condition. This is one of those cameras that might fun to own even if you do not shoot it, just to look it. Thou not using a camera and keeping it as a piece of art on its own seems a wrong somehow. If I ever did buy a camera only to look at this would the one!
I am not sure how usable a tool like this would be in todays photo world. I would use it handheld and it can focus its 190mm lens down to about 2 feet. Still most everything shot without flash would probably have to be around F5.6 which is a very large aperture and shallow depth of field to work with. This camera is probably from the late 1930s, still thou, what a beauty!
To shoot a camera that Strand, Weston, Lange, Stieglitz and Hine used would also be super cool. Was watching some YouTube vids on how to run the camera, it is a fairly complex procedure.
Here is a link on how to shoot the camera:
Graflex How To Video
I am not sure how usable a tool like this would be in todays photo world. I would use it handheld and it can focus its 190mm lens down to about 2 feet. Still most everything shot without flash would probably have to be around F5.6 which is a very large aperture and shallow depth of field to work with. This camera is probably from the late 1930s, still thou, what a beauty!
To shoot a camera that Strand, Weston, Lange, Stieglitz and Hine used would also be super cool. Was watching some YouTube vids on how to run the camera, it is a fairly complex procedure.
Here is a link on how to shoot the camera:
Graflex How To Video
