Century Graphic - Ektalite back?

**Bill_1856** · 4-Jun-2008, 19:56

Did the Century Graphic come with an Ektalite (Fresnel) back, or plain ground glass? Thanks.

**Glenn Thoreson** · 4-Jun-2008, 20:41

Try www.graflex.org I'm going to guess it was equipped both ways, like all the other Pacemaker models. There didn't seem to be a standard.

**Bill_1856** · 5-Jun-2008, 07:47

Thanks, Glenn. That's the first place I looked, and didn't get any answer. I hoped that someone would look at their camera and let me know.

**Jim Noel** · 5-Jun-2008, 08:51

My old memory says that the "Ektalite" back was at an additional cost and I don't remember having many sold in the camera store where I worked in those days.

**Bill_1856** · 5-Jun-2008, 11:59

Thanks, Jim.

**Dan Fromm** · 5-Jun-2008, 12:11

Yes. Graphic Graflex Photography, 10th ed., says that the ektalite was optional.

**Bill_1856** · 5-Jun-2008, 17:29

Originally Posted by Dan Fromm

Yes. Graphic Graflex Photography, 10th ed., says that the ektalite was optional.

Well, DUH! My copy is literally on my desk beside the computer, and it never even occured to me to check it. My brain must be getting very old.
Thanks, Dan.