Cameras that were largely used by press photographers. Main characteristic is, regardless the large format film, usually 4×5, they are intended for hand-held photography. Another very common feature was the use of flash bulbs. The 4×5 Graflex Speed Graphic is the top of mind representative of this category.
Graphic cameras, from Graflex, are the “press camera” par excellence. In any picture or movie from the 30 to 50’s, whenever you see a gathering of photo reporters, forming a front line and waiting for any special event or celebrity to show up, you will always find many of them...
– Technika V | Linhof | 1974/75 – Considering photography as an affair between a light sensitive surface and a lens, that must be held in complete darkness, this camera is a superb darkness provider. Beyond be obviousness of varying the distance in order to get focus, it allows the lens axe to be...