Re: Flea market aquisitions

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 26 Aug 96 at 15:13, Brad Isley wrote:

Tom Benedict wrote

> It sounds like the Combat Graphic is an imminently hackable camera,
> probably with a lot less hacking than you might think.  If I'm not
> mistaken, all of the Graphic cameras had Graflex backs on them, so
> you should be able to use 4x5, roll-film, 35mm (with a little work),
> and very likely 70mm, though I've never seen the beastie.  In any
> case, a Graflex mounting plate can be made at any competent machine
> shop for a reasonable fee, and then you can put your OWN 70mm
> contraption together without hacksaws, hammers, or mods to the original
> camera.

I hesitate lecturing Americans about American products, but the 
Combat Graphic 70mm is definately a different beast than the average 
LF/MF Graphic/Graflex: is it more or less a Leica coupled range 
finder on testosterones. Imagine a Linhof 6x12, a few cm less wide, 
in olive drab color, and you are close to the Combat Graphic. 
I even dare to say that this is the most compact 70mm camera in 
history. [albeit I do have a lead on a 70mm back for a Bronica ETRx 
camera....but the small frame size (4.5x6cm) and the lack of decent 
wide angles combined with a lens shutter system makes me hesitating]
 
> Speaing of which...
> 
> I haven't looked yet, but is Kodak HIE still available in 4x5 sheets?
> I've finished my second roll of HIE, and I love it.  My wife can't stand
> the grain, though (she's of the school where ISO 100 is a fast film).
> My obvious answer is to use a bigger negative and only enlarge to 8x10.
> Short of finding an ultra-fine grained IR film, that's the only way she'll
> ever try it.  Besides, it sounds like a lot of fun to try.

Yep, still available, and another listmember has cut 9.5" perforated 
Aerochrome down to 8x10" sheets. You could do the same with HIE, also 
available in 9.5".

 
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