Ala Speed Graphic, Crown Graphic and... yes indeediee..
First up was the flash bulb gun with a bag full of flash bulbs, then came the Graflex 200 watt/second "portable" electronic strobe unit.
Page 6:
https://ghq.graflex.org/GHQ-13-1.pdf
This was how press photographers did "zone focus" achieving f16 or so..
Add a few grafmatic film holders.. to ease issues of multi sheet film needs.
Eventually 120 roll film began to replace the 4x5 hand held press camera, then 35mm, then digital, then mobile phone cameras..
Bernice
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