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| − | The '''Graphic Ringside Camera''' is a specialist camera for sports (especially boxing) photographers, made to special order by Folmer Graflex in the 1930s. It is rigid-bodied (that is, it has no bellows, and does not fold), and has only the [[focal-plane shutter]]. It has a focusing screen at the rear, and focusing is by a helical ring on the lens. There is also a 'sports-finder'. It is essentially a latter-day [[Ermanox]], but for 4x5-inch film in double dark-slides. | + | The '''Graphic Ringside Camera''' is a specialist camera for sports (especially boxing) photographers, made to special order by Folmer Graflex in the 1930s. It is rigid-bodied (that is, it has no bellows, and does not fold), and has only the [[focal-plane shutter]]. It has a focusing screen at the rear, and focusing is by a helical ring on the lens. There is also a 'sports-finder'. It is essentially a latter-day [[Ermanox]], but for 4x5-inch film in double dark-slides. |
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| − | *[https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-4702789 Ringside Camera] dated to about 1937, with 12.5cm f/2 Xenon, sold by [https://www.christies.com/ Christie's] in May 2006. | + | *[https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-4702789 Ringside Camera] dated to about 1937, with 12.5cm f/2 Xenon, serial no.48084, sold by [https://www.christies.com/ Christie's] in May 2006. The auctioneer's notes quote a Graflex employee in saying that the cameras were often made with a lens supplied by the customer; this Xenon is from the 1920s, to judge by its serial number. |
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The Graphic Ringside Camera is a specialist camera for sports (especially boxing) photographers, made to special order by Folmer Graflex in the 1930s. It is rigid-bodied (that is, it has no bellows, and does not fold), and has only the focal-plane shutter. It has a focusing screen at the rear, and focusing is by a helical ring on the lens. There is also a 'sports-finder'. It is essentially a latter-day Ermanox, but for 4x5-inch film in double dark-slides.
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- Ringside Camera dated to about 1937, with 12.5cm f/2 Xenon, serial no.48084, sold by Christie's in May 2006. The auctioneer's notes quote a Graflex employee in saying that the cameras were often made with a lens supplied by the customer; this Xenon is from the 1920s, to judge by its serial number.
