Graphic 35 Nice surprise

[Tom hicks]

Ran across this odd little gem on Ebay and just had to have it . From what I can tell it seems to be made extremely well . Functions well no issues. Here are a few of the camera and then some from the first roll .

thanks tom

 

[Tom hicks]

All shots self dev.

 

[charjohncarter]

A lot of buttons and levers; how did you figure it all out?

 

[Tom hicks]

A lot of buttons and levers; how did you figure it all out?

Hi John, it wasn't to bad , it took me a few minutes to figure out how to fire the shutter. The lever on the right hand side that if on and SLR would be the self timer --- stop down meter lever.

Here is a shot using your soup of 500ML HC110 Dilution H and 2.5ML of Rodinal. Tri -X

 

[hamradio]

I can't quite pin why it looks neat, but it really does. I like it.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

It's the 2-button focus mechanism! That's what makes it sexy! 😉

Nice camera and results, Tom.

 

[David Murphy]

Nice results - the lens is very good

 

[farlymac]

I don't remember the name of the company that designed and first marketed the Graphic 35, but I bet they were tickled pink when Graphlex decided to buy the company. One thing I do recall is it had a rather odd name for a camera.

PF

 

[Tom A]

I think the camera was named CeeJay or something like that. Graphic bought it and developed further. Well built cameras and the focussing becomes quite intuitive after a while.
They also made a version that was powered by carbon dioxide cartridges (same cartridge that was used in "spritzer" bottles). That one evidently never worked very well.

 

[Tom A]

Correction, the Cee-ay 35 was in production for only one year, then it became the Ciiro 35 once Graphic took over it. The then developed the Graphic 35 from it. Horizontal, split rangefinder and cast aluminum chassi and body. The CO2 powered was called a Graphic Jet.
I had a Cee-ay and a Ciro (swap-meet find for $25). Shot some stuff with it and then gave them to a collector friend.
Shot with the Cee-ay of the Ciro at a coffee break while testing them.

 

[Tom hicks]

Nice results - the lens is very good

Thanks David , i was hoping the lens would be good , didn't really have a reason for it not to be . If I do my part the lens follows .


Tom

 

[Tom hicks]

Thanks for the info Tom I find all this very interesting.

 

[farlymac]

I think the camera was named CeeJay or something like that. Graphic bought it and developed further. Well built cameras and the focussing becomes quite intuitive after a while.
They also made a version that was powered by carbon dioxide cartridges (same cartridge that was used in "spritzer" bottles). That one evidently never worked very well.

I can just see someone going into a camera repair shop complaining that their camera has a case of the fizzies...

I remember reading about the CO2 cartridge before, and figured that was just an air leak waiting to happen.

PF