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ldb
Joined: 05 Feb 2017
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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 Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:24 am Post subject: Help me identify this accessory that David Burnett is using |
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Hi
New member here - shooting with an Anniversary Speed Graphic - hello everyone.
David Burnett is a photographer who shot the London Olympics on a Speed Graphic.
What is the accessory that is sitting over David Burnett's focusing screen - is it just a film holder or is it something that enhances the focusing screen?
Thanks everyone |
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Henry
Joined: 09 May 2001
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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| It's a Focus Spot. Go to the home page graflex.org and enter that term in the search window to access many related threads. |
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loujon
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Location: Western, PA
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Help me identify this accessory that David Burnett is us |
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| ldb wrote: | Hi
New member here - shooting with an Anniversary Speed Graphic - hello everyone.
David Burnett is a photographer who shot the London Olympics on a Speed Graphic.
What is the accessory that is sitting over David Burnett's focusing screen - is it just a film holder or is it something that enhances the focusing screen?
Thanks everyone |
I see the Focus Spot on his Kaltar but I think the OP is asking about what appears to hooked to his spring back where the popup hood would go.
If that is your question Then...... It looks like a 90 degree mirrored reflex finder probably a Cambo but could also be one originally designed for a Linhof Technika he has attached this finder to his Graflok spring back where the popup hood would go. Makes for easier/better focus though the open lens on the ground glass w/out the need for a darkcloth or popup hood. |
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ldb
Joined: 05 Feb 2017
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:36 pm Post subject: Thanks |
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Yes - I suspected it was some sort of enhancement to improve focusing without having to use a hood but I couldn't find anything using my search terms.
Now I know they are called a 90 degree mirror reflex finder I can find them readily.
Thank you very much |
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brc381
Joined: 22 Feb 2017
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:35 pm Post subject: Cambo T-20 is the Reflex Hood |
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ldv asks, "What is the accessory that is sitting over David Burnett's focusing screen"? loujon has correctly identified it as a reflex viewer. May I offer a few specifics as I have fitted similar myself, both on a Speed Graphic and a Cambo t-21 non-reflex on a 3¼x4¼ Super D.
It is a Cambo T-20 Reflex Viewer that with a suitable adapting plate snaps into the latches in a Graflok back that hold normally the flip-up viewing hood.
Here is a link to work by S.K. Grimes to fit a T-20 on a Series/Super D, although why one would do that is beyond me.
http://www.skgrimes.com/whats-new/2009-2/4175-2 |
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