Good morning.
I was recently given a Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 camera. It came with a flash unit, film carriers and several packs of film (which probably aren't any good anymore). So now, I am looking for help in using it as it did not have any manuals with it as well as information on the possible age of it. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Old Film Packs are fun to play with. If it's slow speed film it's prolly usuable
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go here https://www.butkus.org/chinon/large_format.htm and look for Busch.
These are fairly interchangeable with Crown Graphic type cameras, so a good reference book is "Graphic Graflex Photography" by Morgan & Lester... It describes basic operations for press cameras, and articles by famous photographers who use them...
There were many yearly editions over many years, but all were differently unique articles, and inexpensive on online booksellers...
And fun to read!!!
Steve K
Last edited by LabRat; 2-Apr-2023 at 22:02.
Welcome to the world of large format!
"One of my favorite things about the black and white darkroom is you can come in with a bunch of negatives and leave with a bunch of positives." - Mat Marrash, "The Joy of Printing."
For more Graphic camera information, go to Graflex.org. Also, I’d recommend going to the front page of this site and reading all the linked articles.
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