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All that remains is to apply some gloss black shoe polish and buff it out, find an appropriate subject,...

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This film back was with the parts cameras I mentioned previously, and is really a godsend because it...

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The lower knurled knob is turned clockwise to access numbers 1-6. Curiously, there are intermediate...

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This is the chart that shows the combinations of shutter speeds. See the next photo for the controls.

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This is a double extension bellows camera, much to my surprise. The bellows extend through the first...

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It's clearly a high end camera, with 8 speeds in front and 24 in back, drop bed, rising front standard,...

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This view shows the recessed (impervious to drop damage) mirror release lever, which, when the small...

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Not wanting to bore the observer with details about how many turns were needed to tension the roller...

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One can see in the relieved area for the upper roller control on the left that there is a crescent...

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I happened on a couple of scavenger Graflex bodies at a photographic yard sale a few years ago, in the...

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Turns out that the camera was dropped right on the key, causing no damage to the key itself, but the...

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The problem is that the key on the escutcheon plate will not turn in the direction it's supposed to...

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Fixing the Graflex is more closely related to farm implement repair than camera repair. One only needs...

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I acquired this camera a number of years ago, in a feverish fit of Ebay madness. It's a 3 1/4 x 4 1/4...

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