Graphic 0
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The No. 0 Graphic was a Viewfinder Focal plane camera produced by Folmer & Schwing from 1909–1926. It shot 1⅝x2½ negatives on No. 0 rollfilm. The camera is normally found with a Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3 lens, with shutter speeds from 1/10 to 1/500 sec.
Overview
Unlike Graflex's other cameras of the period, this is their lone non-reflex focal plane shutter, rollfilm camera. As such is has a few notable mechanical differences from other graflex focal plane shutters. It has 3 apertures in the curtain fabric, instead of the standard 4 or 5 in other models. It has an eye level folding finder, which has a provision for right angle viewing. The lens is a fixed focus Kodak Anastigmat, and the apertures are set with an indicator dial on the top of the camera.
Notes
The No. 0 rollfilm is identical to 121 and 127 film with the exception of a differently sized spool, following the trend of Kodak refreshing its rollfilm sizes to take advantage of thinner metal spools and thinner backing paper. Cutting a plastic 120 spools down to 127 size should enable use of 127 film in the graphic no. 0, however, backing paper numbers are not known to correspond to the ruby window.
