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10-APR-2014 photo by Derrel

DSC_5005_CROP BW_LG.jpg

kitchen table on poster paper

My latest camera acquisition, a 1938 Miniature Speed Graphic. It has a later-era, coated Wollensak 100mm f/4.5 lens with M-X-FP flash synch options. I got it with some sheet film holders, as well as a Graflex 120 rollfilm back. The rangefinder works, but is a bit tricky to see. The "Speed" part of the Speed Graphic name comes from the fact that it has a high-speed (up to 1/1000 second) focal plane shutter in the body, and the shutter in the lens has B, T, and 1 to 1/400 second speeds.

The focal plane shutter has a tensioning system AND a slit-width system, and is wound by a key...it's a trip! Overall, I would say that the Wollensak 100mm lens is quite "average".

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