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Page 1: ...The 3 x 4 oond 4x 5 ANNIVERSARY SPEED GRAPHICS Instruction and Reference Manual i www orphancameras com...

Page 2: ...a r e o ft h ec a m e r a 3 I 3 2 GRAFLEXFlashEquipmentand GRAPHIC Tripod Head 33 34 Service Department 35 Technical Departmeniand Registration 35 IIJIJUSTRATIONS Figure I The Anniversary SpeedGRAPHI...

Page 3: ...consists of six digits about fi high Always give this number in correspondence regarding your camera Interchangeable lenses give you the choice of focal lengths and apertures so necessary for the many...

Page 4: ...nt bed with the right forefinger and at the same time depress the bed release button with the thumb As the bed then opens downward its fall may be checked by the righi hand Continue firmly but gently...

Page 5: ...Speed Graphic with the 127 lonrra Graflex Optar elements coated in Graphex Shutter with built in synchronization with accessory rangelinder and Graphex 37FA Flashing Unit The 3 Y r 4Y Model is practic...

Page 6: ...your Anniversary Speed GRAPHIC in dependability Naturally only one of these shutters can be used at a tirne the one not being used rnust be set open during the exposure as will be explained below The...

Page 7: ...ocks the shutter After the shutter has been cocked the lever returns almost to its original position but exposes a red dot indicating that the shutter has been cocked The release lever is at the botto...

Page 8: ...nization mechanism will not be cocked unless the shutter itself is released and recocked hence in such an instance recock the shutter to cause the synchronization mechanism to be en gaged The control...

Page 9: ...held exposures Adjust the shutter for exposures of IiI0 I15 I12 I second and irB Bulb and rT Time by turning the outside knurled collar until the other speed pointer is opposite the 10 5 2 r B or 1 T...

Page 10: ...ce can be used when the phoiographer wishes to get into the picture himself and will release the shutter without iar when slow speeds must be used with the camera held in the hand Flash Synchronizatio...

Page 11: ...into the SERIES OUTITET at the back of the battery case In the GRAFLEX Flash Syn chronizer Battery Case this outlet is reached by unscrewing and swing ing down the red push button switch The shutter i...

Page 12: ...m control along the scale carrying these aperture designations on the face of the shutter In the case of this rim set shut ter a delay of approximately ten seconds in the release of the shutter will a...

Page 13: ...n the latter With T sometimes Z or B of the smaller dial the locking disc between the shutter release Iever and the cable release sock et set opposite the short white line carried on the face of the s...

Page 14: ...the right side of the camera housing as normally used from the back and appear as in Figure 4 The Shutter Speed lab e on the top of the camera in cludes numbers representing exposure times customaril...

Page 15: ...re This shutter can be locked in any position by moving the shutter lock button toward the rear of the camera It will be unlocked auto matically when the shutter winding key is turned again Always loc...

Page 16: ...tery case carrying a reflebtor and socket for the lamp is usually attached to the camera by means of a suitable coupling on the range finder encircling bracket shown in Figure 8 A rnagnetic release wh...

Page 17: ...vtx4ve Anniversary speed GRAPHIC has slide locks top and bottom while the 4 x 5 model has a slide lock on the top only The diaphragm scale aperture scale in Figures 2b c and d is marked in f numbers i...

Page 18: ...ts due to multiple reflections within the lens Every surface of a lens that is coated will increase the light transmission However with most standard lenses this increase in liqht transmission will no...

Page 19: ...le indicator line on the movable scale can be set opposite the desired footage mark when several lenses are to be used interchangeably a new vernier scale musi be fitted for each if this meihod of foc...

Page 20: ...sion eyepiece attached to the rangefinder being sure to keep fingers or other obstructions away from the two windows in its front side Move the camera until the object to be focused on is in the cente...

Page 21: ...7 The Tubular Viewfinder Caution Be sure that the front standard of the camera is centered lat erally and vertically The size of the front aperture in this finder determines the maximum field of view...

Page 22: ...bjects Viewfinders in generai should not be relied upon to give too accurate an indication of the exact limits of the picture to be secured on the nega tive since the amount visible depends upon the p...

Page 23: ...n both bed braces so as to free them from the recesses into which they sprang to hold the bed in its horizontal position This is the operation which also frees the bed for closing the camera Thus free...

Page 24: ...raphy When using the camera for close up photography the lens is placed at a greater distance than normal from the focal plane film position This wili necessitate a change in the exposure since the f...

Page 25: ...PHIC these motions are provided for The front standard may be shifted to either side parallel to the plane of the film after releasing the front standard lock turning it so as to be parallel with the...

Page 26: ...otected and may be removed from the Adapter Handle it only by its edges Re cover it with its foil wrapping and return it to the box Sheet FilmHolders Loading or unloading a sheet film holder should be...

Page 27: ...andle end and push the other end with the left hand It then comes out very easily GRAFITEX filrn and plate holders and rnagazines are loaded in the same manner as the correspondinq GRAPHIC accessories...

Page 28: ...he corredt exposure would be l 50 at f I6 But your subject is going to move and you have estimated thai l 200th will be needed to stop it on the negative You know that this will require opening up the...

Page 29: ...ng its image on the plate will likewise move It will move some during even l 1000th second although only about l tOth as far as it will during 1 I00th second All the photographer can hope to do is to...

Page 30: ...somethingdifferent If so modify the shutterspeedcalled for in the above table by the following rules Double the speedof the shutterfor double the velocityof the subject Half the shutter speedfor half...

Page 31: ...Birds in fliqht 100 300 mph Airplanes Auto races DEPTH OF FIELD Although we may focus most precisely on a certain portion of an ob ject we all know that things sliqhtly nearer to the camera as well as...

Page 32: ...ze the background or nearer cbjects by purposely throwing ihem out of focus open up the lens to one of its larger apertures If you want the maximum sharpness at the precise point on which you focus wi...

Page 33: ...in the obiectives A soft brush such as goes under the name camel s hair is usually sufficient for removing dust and lint from lenses and a small rubber ear syringe is also handy for blowing off dust I...

Page 34: ...unused bristles which will not shed is well suited to this purpose The ear syringe will be useful here too to remove dust from the inaccessible edges I Irnportant points in closing the carnera t 1 Ce...

Page 35: ...or 25FA indicate a Flashing Unit no solenoid release with a two celi batiery case and 5 reflector If no letter follows the model number the equipment is a GRAFLEX Flash Synchronizer which is complete...

Page 36: ...convenient unit for checking synchronization with any electrically operated front shutter It will allow visual as well as photographic testing to guard against possible failure due to weakened batteri...

Page 37: ...ith the actual making of pictures be sure to send in your negatives The Registration Card attached to your camera when it left the factory should be fllled out completely and accurately and returned t...

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