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Martin Johnson,fo, instance
-|HIS world-famed explorer
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some of his books or arcended
his motion piccure leccureson
Africa-has tried pracci cally
every type of cam era rnade any-
where in the world, and has
cakenthe scupendousnumber of
65,000 phocographsduring his
uavels.
He cook 600 picruresof lions,
not caprive lions, buc lions in
their native hauns, oh his mosr
recent trip co Africa. His long
experiencein the field has dem- The intrepid explorer, Marcin Johnson,
onstrared [o his endre sarisfac- who "captures" the mosc ferocious of
wild life wich a Graflex. He is rhe aurhor
tion chac Graflex is uniformly of " Camera Trails in Africa, " " Through
dependable,sure of gerrirg rhe the South Seas with Jark London,"
" Liorl,," " SAfAri," and other famous
piccureyou arc after. books
The fact char you can look in
che hood and seeon the ground glassexacrly how rhe picrure on your
negadve is going co look, and che fact rhar its unique shutrer is such a
sciendfic marvel of precision-chese rwo Graflex features are of un-
questionedvalue in securing"outscanding" resuls in your picrure-raking.
Martin Johnson'spersonal car'rreraequipmenr, wirh which he explores
for the American Museum of Natural Hisrory, is eloquenr. Ic includes
six Graflexes and sixteen SpeedGraphics, made by the Folmer Graflex
Corporation.
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One of America's Most Famous
Art Photographers
H IS photography was first a matter
r r of necessitywhen, being unable
to b.ty illusuations for a book he was
writing, he purchaseda Gr:,flex camera
and made them. The first pictures
immediarely rcvealed the infinice possi-
biliries of the Graflex carr:'era as a
medium of artistic expression. He
made real piccuresof his children, of
vacation trips, and of innumerable
home activities. These pictures,when
seenby editors and arc buyers,decided
a new careet for the man who made
them.
This was ten yearc ago. Today he
has a fast-growing colleccionof photo-
graphs numbering well over 70,000
negatives-every single one of them
a Graflex picture-and covering an
arrrazlng range of subject matter.
H. Arrnstrong Roberts in a Graflex "To those who have never cried to
piccure taken on one of his rnany photograph dogs, especiallyhounds,"
carrleta Journeys
writes Mr. H. Armstrong Robers,
"the accompanying photograph tr'ay not appear as any parcicular
achievement , y?t it was one of the most trying problems I ever had
with a car.r:'era,and I say this having photographed hundreds of dogs
of almost every vafiety, under all sors of conditions.
"These animals are French Fox Hounds, father and son, weighirg
about ninety pounds apiece, with a commanding scature and dignity,
but dmid creatures even in the presence of their master.
"To obtain the affangement and composition of this picture, to
record the character and dignicy of the hounds, to get them at the
instant when their rnuzzles were closed, to get chem both .with a\erc,
interested and natural expressions, unrestrained by ^ leash, and with the
light srriking in a manner rhar would yield rhe desired modeling-rhac
was the problem which required four hours of patient persiscence.
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My Camera Made a Man of Me
By Richard K . W o o d
(Extract. reprinted by permission. from Physical Culture Magszine)
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subjects,in the acquiring of which I developedinco a hardy and heakhy
outdoorsman. It has now been ten yearsor more sinceI neededcheser-
vices of a physician; and for this period of exceptionally good heakh, I
am grateful to the camera, becauseic was-and is-the incentive for
remainitg out-of-doors during all my holidays and spare momencs.
"Early in my photographic careerI realized che commonplacenessof
such caft:.erasubjeccsas portrais, farnily groups, houses, erc. Land-
scapes, seascapes,bird and wild animal life, borany, woodcrafr,
entomology and zoology, were subjeccsaffording a vasc field for my
photographic efforts."
Mr. Wood adds that "che personwho desiresbetter pictures-picrures
more interestingthan che routine-equipmenc so flexible chat no picrure
opportunity is beyond its scope-soon finds, as I did, thar the Graflex is
che most amazing all-purpose car'r:'era.
' 'lts focusing hood
enableseven the beginnerto get real composition
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mome ntary expressions are almosc invariably the mosc inreresring
A subjecc in focus in che Grafl,ex hood is in focus in rhe Graflex lens rhar's
the greac difference becween the Graflex ground glass and the
ordinary carnera finder. Whac a great Nature picture !
The litcle fellow means business!
The amaling types of pictures you can take when you own a Qraflex
are a constant inaitation to spend more time out-of -doors
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CHILI
-fHE dearestexpressionsof childhood are s
I charming . they last lioo of a second
like adult expressionsand acrivities. Sporr
are strained, dictated ro, or posed, you *j
expressionsyou love most are lost.
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every movement, every facial expression, ev
There,sthetllrilIofalifetimeinthechiIdhoodma'Sterpieces
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or )(ooo. Not to be governedand ordered
[aneousand narural rhe momenc rhey
no are parens know how cornpl ercly rhe
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.cturesbecausein irs raised hood you watch
erytwinkle of an eye of your'subjecc,until
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"That's News!"
FISHERMEN'S rnagazines and Roro-
r gravure newspapersseldom have an op-
portunity to princ such a piccure! The
photographer, J. E. Stanley, of Miami,
Florida, did the nearly impossible in cacch-
ittg chis 79-Ib. sailfish in mid -aft jusr afrcr
J.E. Stanley of
Miami, Florida-
Needless to say
he's a real Graflex
enthusiasc
ir had beenhooked. The ability ro seeit in his Graflex hood and ro snap
it in flighc in rr(oooof a second is rhe only ching thar made such a
camera miracle possible. Result: "This now famous picture has been
published over 200 rimes," wrices Mr. Stanley. "Our Chamber of
Commerce has a scrapbook showing about 60 Rotogravure and 160
newsprint reproductions."
It took 38 minutes to land this particular sailfish. Many others are
landed in Florida warers every year. But to snap such a picture as Mr.
Stanley snapped-thac is the opportunicy of a lifedme ! And to have
been equipped with any lesser carr.erathan Graflex would have been
tragic ! So often, the "picture opportunities of a lifedme" last for only
a split fracdon of a second. The Graflex is cheone camerawhich makes
ic possibleto photograph chem.
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T F THE picrure ac home doesnoc
r turn ouc parricularly well-you
can mke it over again. Bur wirh
travel piccureschereis so seldom
an opportunity ro go back afrer rhe
negatives have been developed.
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Newspaperphorographershave
acquiredrhe habit of using a certain
specifictype of camera becauseof
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A Few "'\ ,/'hyt" of a Graflex
By J. Peac Miller
(Extract from article in Australasian Photo-Review)
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r years'experiencein most classes
of photography,and have used all
sorrs and conditions of cameras. I
am continually being made the
target for que$ions on Graflex
photognphy.
"A Graflex is the ideal camera
for the avetage arnateur becauseit
Amateurs and experts alik pref er Qraflex because" it' s the one
camera that malgs dfficult pictures ed,sy"
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What CameraShall I Ruy?
By Roberc T. Pound
(Extracts from article in The Photo Era Magazine)
Distanc rnountain peaks-nearby land- There is both action and art in the rnove-
scapes-ro get both in clear focus in the rnent of the swan. Graflex excells in
sarne piccure is possible with the versa- capcuring both accion and arc . .
tile Graflex .
Soft shadows-peaceful
scenesro delight the heart
of a painter-are yours
with a Graflex .
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Graflex Afield !
By Dr. J. B. Pardoe
(Extract from article in Camera Craft Magazine)
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removes all guess'work in focusing-brings focusing not simply co an
approximate exactness, but co che %oo of an inch-shows you the
sparkle of an eye, or the glinc of sunlight on golden hair as thesecan be
recorded in a film only when the focus is absolutely, to the tiniest
fraction of an inch, perfecc. Focusing is under conscancconcrol. The
distance from carr'erato subject rr'ay change conscandy, but the fin ger-
tips on the focusing knob keep the im agesharp and clear up to che very
instanr ar which you wish co record the action on your hgadve.
The second of rhe greaL fearures of diff.erence around which the
Graflex is constructed is the Qraflex Focal Plane Shutter.
This shutter is an opaque curtain that runs in fronc of the film , b"-
tween a ratchet ro[er and a spring roller. The spring can be wound to
any of six tensions. In the curtain are five openingsof different widths.
During an exposure, one of these openings flashes across the film,
admicirg che rays of light. Whac could be simpler?
The five openings and six tensions produce twenty-four speedcom-
binations from %o to l(ooo of a second. Such a range of speeds,
supplemencedby a slow of about rr( second and any time exposure
required, placeswell within che range of the Gr aflex everyconceivable
picture opportunity-fasc action to calm portrait.
The very bescbetween-lensshutcertakes time to open and shuc. The
phorograph ac the top of this page illusuates a fact of tremendous im-
portance to any photographer, experc or amateur. Made from accual
photographs wich identical lenses, during exposures of %ooo of a
second, these strips graphi cally tell the story of why so much care and
powerful mechanical precision go into che construction of the Graflex
shurcerand irs rensionsprings,etc., making this alone a bit of mechanism
as fine as the cosdiescwatch.
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Revolving Back Graflex-Series D
Finest Precision in
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ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
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