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| Lens board sizes Crown Graphic & Speed Graphic | |
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| swaitjd Joined: 29 Jul 2002 Posts: 9 |  Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:38 pmDo these two cameras use the same lens boards? I am interested in buying a Speed Graphic body (for forward tilt movements) and use the same lenses I currently use on my Crown. THanks for any help! Joffre | ||
| vic valis Joined: 21 Nov 2001 Posts: 247 | Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:30 pm Your lens boards will be interchangable assuming you use the same format and the Speed Graphic you get is a Pacemeker model. And I may even be wrong about the format part (I've only ever owned 4x5s). The Pacemaker Speed and Crown Graphics are the same, with the exception of the Crown's lack of focal plane shutter. Earlier models used wooden lens boards that would not be interchangable. jeff | ||
| jdman Joined: 13 May 2001 Posts: 302 | Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:36 am Wait a minute,the pacemaker crown, and pacmaker speed should have the same front end, and you will gain nothing in the speed that the crown does not have except a rear shutter. Or did I miss something. Russ | ||
| Les Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 | Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:55 am Crowns have the same forward tilt as Pacemaker Speeds, unless it's been modified. | ||
| swaitjd Joined: 29 Jul 2002 Posts: 9 | Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 2:22 pm Thanks, all, for the responses! Les, Thanks for the heads up there! So which body has forward tilt at the front end AND uses the same lens board as the Crown? Joffre | ||
| Dan Fromm Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2165 | Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 5:01 pm
The Crown is a Pacemaker Graphic, and differs from the Pacemaker Speed in having no focal plane shutter and, because of that, a thinner body. | ||
| 45PSS Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 4081 | Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 9:26 pm The super graphic/super speed graphic. | ||
| Les Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 2682 | Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:02 pm Okay I mis-spoke. Pacemakers have only BACKWARD tilt unless it's been modified. You can effect FORWARD tilt by dropping the bed and not correcting completely, but the necessary rise to get the lens back to zero and the lens standard position maybe be problematic. The Super Speed Graphic and The Super Graphic has both forward and backward tilt and takes the same lensboard----sort of. Before the Supers came along Pacemaker boards had only 4 raised dots, two onthe top and two on the bottom. The Supers have the slide locks on the side, so when they were introduced they modified the board slightly by adding 4 more raised dots for the sides. These board will fit both the Pace and the Super. The earlier versions will fit the Super but may rattle a bit. A thin cardboard shim will bring it back to normal. Sorry for the confusion. les | ||
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