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Revision as of 01:55, 10 May 2013
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| Auto Graflex showing typical style of early Graflex SLRs image by EspressoBuzz (Image rights) |
The name Graflex may mean either:
- The main camera brand used by Folmer & Schwing, and (after 1905) the Folmer & Schwing division of Kodak
- The company that succeeded Folmer & Schwing when it had to be sold by Kodak in 1926
Contents
Company
When a court had ordered that Kodak had to sell its Folmer & Schwing division, no buyers appeared. A new company was founded which was named Folmer Graflex Corporation in 1928. In 1945 it was renamed to Graflex Inc. . From the days of depression of the 1930s to 1957 the company grew from 100 to 760 employees. It made successfully sophisticated SLRs and press cameras as well as TLRs and several 35mm cameras, and some special-purpose cameras, e.g. for air reconnaissance.
Cameras from Graflex and its predecessor Folmer & Schwing
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| Graflex 22 TLR image by Bill Strong (Image rights) |
35mm film
- Graflex Ciro 35
- Graflex Graphic 35
- Graflex Century 35
- Graflex Century 35A
- Graflex Stereo Graphic (see also Wray Stereo Graphic)
- Graphic 35 Electric (name variant of the Iloca Electric)
- Graflex Photorecord
120/220 and 70mm film
- National Graflex
- Graflex 22
- Graflex XL
- Graflex Century Graphic (described in the article Speed Graphic)
- Combat Graphic
- Graflex Norita
Large format
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| Super Speed Graphic image by rawheadrex (Image rights) |
- Graflex Speed Graphic (Super, Super Speed, Pacemaker Speed, Pacemaker Crown and Century Graphic)
- Graflex reflex models
- Crown View
- Graphic View cameras
- Press Graflex - 5x7 SLR
- Graflex XL
Aircraft
The K20, and perhaps others, were designed by Fairchild, and so may also be known as Fairchild K20.
- Folmer Graflex K20 Aircraft Camera
- Folmer Graflex K21 Aircraft Camera
- Folmer Graflex K25 Aircraft Camera
Links
| photography related industry in Rochester (New York) |
| American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak |
| and in Rochester (Minnesota) |
| Conley |
| external links |
| graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's "Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)" |
- www.graflex.org resource site, especially for Crown and Speed Graphics
- Documents at Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras:
- PDF manuals
- Catalogs (1920 - 1980s) showing pricing of various Graflex cameras when released.
- learn more about personalising the Speed Graphic camera with extreme lenses
- Cameras and User manuals at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Complete Graflex camera listing with detailed info at Historic Camera
- Graflex Cameras Price Guide at CollectiBlend
