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Also listed are "Acceptable versions", this is only a
recomendation to reenactors wishing to join the 167th SPC.
(Please note that non-acceptable versions of any camera may be allowed,
if only to show the evolution of a certain model of camera in a display.)
Combat Graphic (AKA: Graphic 45)
Very near the end of WWII, the military requested that Graflex produce a more durable version of the Speed Graphic 4x5. Graflex replied with the Combat Graphic.
Looking more like an armored car, than a Speed Graphic, the Combat Graphic was a photographical fortress.
It was basically operated the same |
Combat Graphic 1945 |
Unknown Photographer |
way as it's predecessor, but, due to the recessed lens it did not have a range-finder.
The Combat Graphic was used almost exclusively by the Navy and USMC.
When the war ended, Graflex had a surplus of combat graphics and needed a way to outlet them, so the Combat Graphic was renamed the Graphic 45 and sold for civilian use.
Combat Graphics have been seen to go for around $500. |
Acceptable versions: Only one version of this camera
was made. Both Military and civilian models are alowed. |
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Primarflex 120
Like the Rolleiflex, the Primarflex was a German made camera produced from 1935 to '54 by the Bentzin company. A company which also made aerial cameras for the Luftwaffe. It was quite possibly one of the key camera concepts behind the design of the Hasselblad.
Being far ahead of its time, the Primarflex was a
beautiful
camera with only one shortcoming, the cloth shutter often becomes inaccurate and deteriorated with time. |
Primarflex 120,
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167th SPC, CU 123
T-4 J Malan Heslop |
It was also a very early SLR and offered interchangable lenses and a self-timer. Dispite the great craftsmanship of this camera, it was not very common, and since it was German made, it was never produced for the US military. However, at least one found its way into the hands of 167th SPC photographer J Heslop and was probably picked up by other photographers during the war.
Primarflexes have been seen going for $150 but it's possible to get one for less.
For more info visit here or here. |
Acceptable versions: Early Primarflexes are allowed. |
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Graflex RB, Series D and Super D 4x5 SLR
First prodced in 1898, the Graflex "Graflex" was the primary camera used by the Signal Corps during WWI. However, not a whole lot is known about its use during WWII, but it is speculated that it was for specialized portrait photography.
The focal-plane shutter of the RB was esentialy the same as that of a speed graphic. One peculiar thing about the RB is it had a rotating back (RB), meaning, instead of turing the camera on its side to take a lengthwise photo, you could spin the back into
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Graflex D, circa '30s
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Left: J Heslop, CU 123
Right: H. W. King, CU 122
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the vertical position.
It was also produced in
2x3, 3x4,
and 5x7 formats how-ever 4x5 was the most commonly used.
The film holders for the RB are not interchange-able with the holders used in Speed Graphics.
Graflexes usualy go for around $200, but could go for higher.
For more information
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WWI Photographer |
on the RB visit here. |
Acceptable versions: No major cosmetic changes were done to the RB in its history, so all versions are acepted. |
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