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Telephoto Studio

Posts: 1439

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

4x5 Speed Graphic kit for sale - $500 or best reasonable offer:

4x5 Speed Graphic Camera (manufactured by Folmer Graflex Company, Rochester, NY) - with press-type frame viewfinder, no optical tube viewfinder, focal-plane shutter - no Graflock back. Kalart synchronized rangefinder. Black wartime model. Camera does not have a serial number on it.

Kodak Ektar 127mm f.4.7 lens mounted on a Graphex leaf shutter with a bi-post flash terminal - all mounted on black lensboard. Serial number ER1296 dates this lens (and probably the camera) from 1945. Flash synch cables are available from Paramount.

Graflite 2773 bulb flash, Graflex#2743 7" reflector with Graflite Instruction manual (circa 1961) - flash alone goes for $100 because you can make a light-saber out of it!

Speed Graphic vulcanite case (without strap) - lock has no key. Plenty of space for light meter, sheet film or even roll film and adapters.

I'll have pics posted early next week, but contact me ASAP. I would like to sell all the gear together for $500 or best reasonable offer. No mold on lens, camera or case. Bellows has no apparent light leaks, and leaf shutter was accurate 5 years ago - you will have to do your own testing. This camera was purchased as a backup to my 1949 Anniversary Speed Graphic.

I will respond to all reasonable offers. Cash only. The gear is located in Raleigh, NC.

May 30 12 03:48 pm Link

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SilverStudio

Posts: 150

Modoc, South Carolina, US

Need any flash bulbs ? Have about 18 out of a 20 package available. I have a 4x5 speed graphic, but no intruction book, what type of battery do bulbs drawn on ?

May 30 12 03:57 pm Link

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Camerosity

Posts: 5805

Saint Louis, Missouri, US

The Graflex Graflite uses D cells. There are two "handles" (one takes two D cells, and the other takes three) and two reflectors (5" for #5/Sylvania Press 25 flash bulbs, and 7" for the older, larger bulbs that have a threaded base like an incandexcent light bulb.

May 30 12 04:10 pm Link

Photographer

Telephoto Studio

Posts: 1439

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

SilverStudio wrote:
Need any flash bulbs ? Have about 18 out of a 20 package available. I have a 4x5 speed graphic, but no intruction book, what type of battery do bulbs drawn on ?

Really don't need the bulbs.  Can't see trying to work up proper exposure for bulbs while I have a fairly powerful hand-held electronic flash I can use.  Also, I can hook this camera up to my studio strobes if I want to shoot 4x5 indoors.

May 31 12 08:48 am Link