Can you tell me anything about the camera shown on the poster?
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Rob-F
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Do you have a link, or a thumbnail, or something?
ivansanzana
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I'm sorry, I can't upload the photo, I'll keep trying.
FrankS
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Moving this thread to RF Gen Discussion.
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Can you tell me what the brand of this camera is?
Can you tell me what the brand of this camera is?
I was reading Vanity Fair and came across this photo, I have never seen this camera before, it looks to be a RF, other than that I have no idea what brand it is or where it came from, can anyone tell me?
Can you tell me what the brand of this camera is?
I was reading Vanity Fair and came across this photo, I have never seen this camera before, it looks to be a RF, other than that I have no idea what brand it is or where it came from, can anyone tell me?
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julianphotoart
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It might be the Graflex "Combat Graphic" rangefinder that used 70mm film. It seems like the right (huge) size relative to the guy's head.
swoop
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Hasselblad Xpan?
jan normandale
Film is the other way
Hasselblad Xpan?
that's what my first impression was also....
ivansanzana
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No, if you look at the lens it doesn't match, look at the back hinge, the lens numbers and it looks a little bit wide.
The xpan view finder is similar, but the photo looks to be before 1950, (Guess).
The xpan view finder is similar, but the photo looks to be before 1950, (Guess).
Steve Karr
Film tank shaker
What camera, All I see is the Dog tail under his nose...
What the heck Sexy Boy!
What the heck Sexy Boy!
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
Combat Graphic.
farlymac
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Can you tell me...
Can you tell me...
Looks to be a German camera to me, from the design of the camera back hinge, and the viewfinder. I'm going with a Zeiss product, but I think the lens says Steinhill AG. Could be from one of the companies before the big merger.
PFM
Can you tell me...
Looks to be a German camera to me, from the design of the camera back hinge, and the viewfinder. I'm going with a Zeiss product, but I think the lens says Steinhill AG. Could be from one of the companies before the big merger.
PFM
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Definitely a Combat Graphic.
jan normandale
Film is the other way
three for Combat Graphic. All from heavyweights too! I'd go with that
ivansanzana
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Combat Graphic Camera
Combat Graphic Camera
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Combat Graphic Camera[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](KE-4 Still Picture Camera)[/FONT]
Once Hubert Nerwin came to work for Graflex in the US under a military contract, one of the first assignments that he received was to produce a non-bellows, large format camera for combat use. The result was this Contax like 70 mm film format creation that had interchangeable lenses and a viewfinder that adjusted for the Telephoto lens. About 1,500 of these cameras were made but the construction was not as easy in the US with the significantly diminished precision manufacturing skills of the day.
The normal lens was a 4 Inch F2.8 Ektar. The wide angle was 2.5 inch F 4.5 Ektar and the telephoto was an 8 inch F4 Ektar.
You can compare the camera to the Contax IIa above and notice that there was no longer a need for the octagonal shape and so Hubert rounded the edges instead
Combat Graphic Camera
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Combat Graphic Camera[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif](KE-4 Still Picture Camera)[/FONT]
Once Hubert Nerwin came to work for Graflex in the US under a military contract, one of the first assignments that he received was to produce a non-bellows, large format camera for combat use. The result was this Contax like 70 mm film format creation that had interchangeable lenses and a viewfinder that adjusted for the Telephoto lens. About 1,500 of these cameras were made but the construction was not as easy in the US with the significantly diminished precision manufacturing skills of the day.
The normal lens was a 4 Inch F2.8 Ektar. The wide angle was 2.5 inch F 4.5 Ektar and the telephoto was an 8 inch F4 Ektar.
You can compare the camera to the Contax IIa above and notice that there was no longer a need for the octagonal shape and so Hubert rounded the edges instead
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ivansanzana
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I had never seen one, cool handle and looks.
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jan normandale
Film is the other way
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Fez Parker
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Leica did huge wooden display models ???