I have a Graflex I inherited from my Grandfather. It appears to be a 4x5 Pacemaker(?) Crown Graphic from the mid 50's (sorry I'm not familiar with the history/nomenclature/camera line/etc.) Its serial number is #951770
It has a Wollensak Rapax Graflex Optar 4.7 135mm lens #644111 (the lens coating looks a bit scratched up—anything I can do about that?) and a Kalart synchronized RF (#B17204)
The back has a pop open metal hood with a ground glass focussing screen (perhaps this is standard?)
Can anyone enlighten me? Whatever info I can get would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
John
CG45 #951770
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Re: CG45 #951770
From further reading, I see that since the camera has the Kalart side rangefinder, it must be from sometime prior to 1955.
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Re: CG45 #951770
Well, I'm stumped...
"The Book" is extremely confusing in certain areas and this is one of them...
It could be from late 1949 and that's my best guess. A lot numbered from 950,?00 through 963,042.
There's scribbled notes about jumping and changing serial numbers on two pages. The next page has numbered sets from 949,177 through 951,676 dated 4/15/62, then 968,409 through 970,908 dated 9/17/62. Your serial number is not included there.
My best bet would be very late 1949 or very early 1950 as the date can not be read.
I would suggest asking on graflex.org to see if someone else can offer more info...
"The Book" is extremely confusing in certain areas and this is one of them...
It could be from late 1949 and that's my best guess. A lot numbered from 950,?00 through 963,042.
There's scribbled notes about jumping and changing serial numbers on two pages. The next page has numbered sets from 949,177 through 951,676 dated 4/15/62, then 968,409 through 970,908 dated 9/17/62. Your serial number is not included there.
My best bet would be very late 1949 or very early 1950 as the date can not be read.
I would suggest asking on graflex.org to see if someone else can offer more info...
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Re: CG45 #951770
Wow, more questions than answers! Very interesting.
Thanks, Rich. I'll try that.
Thanks, Rich. I'll try that.