Reflex large format cameras....this weeks obsession!!

[mdarnton]

Mine has a Graflok back--many Super Ds do--and I bought a pair of reading glasses for the appropriate distance and that is working well.

Every time Graflexes come up, a sector wants to paint them as a p.i.t.a. and I don't know why. They're just not that hard to use. Certainly a LOT friendlier than my 8x10 is!

[arca andy]

By heck I have just found John Minnicks Aero Liberator site http://johnminnicks.com fantastic!

[richardman]

Thank you for thee wet blanket! :-)

[mdarnton]

Neck strap! Great idea.

[djdister]

I have a Graflex Series B 5x7 reflex camera, with a graflex slotted holder and a 5x7 bag mag. I did some handheld shots wth it a number of years ago and they turned out fine. The sound it makes when shooting is like a whoosh-thunk! Although if tripod mounted, you can flip the mirror up before tripping the focal plane shutter. I'll post a shot from the camera later.

[jp]

I've got an rb super d 4x5 and it does not get dust on the negatives. The 190mm is an awesome lens. It's old enough I don't dare lug it by the strap on top though. I'm not using at the moment as the focal plane shutter needs a little TLC. https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=13759696@N02&q=rb are my photos of it/ from it.

Some downsides; it is more expensive and heavier than other graflex options like speed graphics. It has limited lens options as well.

Other upsides is that the chimney hood works great in daylight; nice and dark compared to a flip up hood or modest darkcloth.

[Bill_1856]

I love my Super D Graflexs -- the 3.25x4.25 even more than the 4x5. I particularly love the old leather Bag-Mags with 12 sheets of film. 3x4 sheet film is very difficult to come by (I'm down to my last 1/2 box), and the loss of 4x5 Polaroid has all but killed my Large Format work.

[arca andy]

So a a Mag-bag holds 12 sheets of film?

[Bill_1856]

So a a Mag-bag holds 12 sheets of film?

Yes. A few of the very late ones held even more (16? 18?) but I've never seen one of them.

[Daniel Unkefer]

I have three Plaubel Makiflexes that I have been with me for close to twenty-five years.
Similar in operation to a Mamiya RB-67, or a European version of the Auto Graflex.
I have succeeded in obtaining the majority of items that were in the system.
Schneider Xenar and Symmar lenses, as well as Tele-Arton and Tele-Xenar lenses
were available in automatic-iris and manual versions. I also have a complete set
of Rodenstock Imagons and a number of barrel lenses I have adapted to these bodies.
The bellows will work with lenses from 120mm to 360mm. The 150mm F4.5 Apo Lanthar
was also in the Plaubel lineup (also with automatic iris), as well.

6x6cm and 6x9cm Makina backs, 9x12 film plates, and 4x5/Instant film Graphic holders work in this camera.

In the photo, an Automatic-iris Makiflex with 180mm Schneider Xenar, another Makiflex with the Auto-iris Schneider 210mm Xenar, and finally, the "Makiflex Standard", a basic model (no auto-iris and less features) with the 150mm F2.8 Schneider Xenotar.

Check my flikr site for more on these. Need to post more photos taken with the cameras. Working on it! https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/