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Bill_1856
24-Sep-2009, 03:36
When did rangefinders first appear on Speed Graphics?
The Kalhart was invented in 1936 by Morris Schwartz according to an article called The Kalhart History on Jo Lommen's web site. Jo did a great online history these cameras. I don't know about the other viewfinders that were made for these cameras. The article gives an interesting history on accessories for the cameras.
A good resource is the Graflex.org web site. I did not see anything on when these were invented on the Graflex web site
Here are the URLs:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~lommen9/kalartcamera/page3.html
http://graflex.org/
I don't think Mr Morris could claim it as an invention :D Kodak had a coupled range-finder on cameras in 1916 !!! His design yes.
Ian
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