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SpeedGraphicMan
Joined: 09 Jun 2012 Posts: 14 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: Extension Bellows For Speed Graphic |
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Hello All!
I was reading through "The Crown, Century and Speed Graphic Guide".
It mentioned therein that there were accessory extension bellows available for the Speed Graphic.
Is this true? Were there ever any extension bellows made for the Speed?
If so does anyone have one that they could post a pick of? I would like to see hoe it looks and works?
Thanks in advance! _________________ "I would like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do..." |
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1banjo
Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Posts: 492 Location: kansas
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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hey
I never herd of one & never seen one
as it would take an add on rail of some kind to work!! |
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45PSS
Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 4081 Location: Mid Peninsula, Ca.
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Henry
Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1636 Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:17 am Post subject: |
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How would you fit an extension bellows anyway? Maximum bellows travel is limited by the length of the front standard tracks. I don't see how you could make it longer without also extending the tracks somehow. |
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Dan Fromm
Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2120 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:18 am Post subject: |
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Not to be a complete idiot, but if I had an extension bellows for a Graphic, how and where would I attach it?
My Graphics have all the bellows they can use without major rework. |
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SpeedGraphicMan
Joined: 09 Jun 2012 Posts: 14 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Dan Fromm wrote: | Not to be a complete idiot, but if I had an extension bellows for a Graphic, how and where would I attach it?
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I would assume that there would be something similar to a lensboard...
All I know is that the book I have says, "Lenses of a longer focal length (longer than the 15" tele optar) may be fitted to your Speed Graphic by means of an extension bellows... See your Graflex dealer for more information... Blah Blah Blah... _________________ "I would like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do..." |
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Dan Fromm
Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2120 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Share the book's name etc. with us. |
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SpeedGraphicMan
Joined: 09 Jun 2012 Posts: 14 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Dan Fromm wrote: | Share the book's name etc. with us. |
See my first post... _________________ "I would like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do..." |
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Henry
Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1636 Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:26 am Post subject: |
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A mug of your favorite brew to the first person (other than the OP and myself) to identify the source: "I would like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do..."
N.B. Hint: nothing to do with Graphic/Graflex.
Hint #2: The Pride of Darby, PA. |
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45PSS
Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 4081 Location: Mid Peninsula, Ca.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:04 am Post subject: |
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What is the publication date? Does it have a parent company logo on it? _________________ The best camera ever made is the one that YOU enjoy using and produces the image quality that satifies YOU. |
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Dan Fromm
Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 2120 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:42 am Post subject: |
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Joe Cooper, Henry? |
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Henry
Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1636 Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Mmm, no, Dan. Who's Joe Cooper? Did he play for the Phillies? ![](images/smiles/icon_wink.gif) |
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Billy Canuck
Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 165 Location: Calgary AB Canada
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Henry, that quotation is from the immortal W. C. Fields, who also said, "Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia." |
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Henry
Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1636 Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Right you are. Emphasis on the dual meaning of "living": "alive," and "dwelling." Often misquoted as "I would rather be in Philadelphia," which sort of makes sense in the context of an epitaph, but isn't as funny (or subtle) as the original. BTW, neither quotation is actually on Fields's tombstone.
Have a frosty mug of Molson's, or whatever you guys drink up there, on me!
P.S. Despite what many ignorant writers have said, W.C. did not hate Philadelphia. There are numerous references to the city, and to other Pennsylvania locales, in his films, all of them quite fond. One example of many, this one from "The Old-Fashioned Way": "When I was playing Mahony City, up in P...." He never finishes the sentence, but the reference is to Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, up in the coal regions. I drove through it just the other day. (Locals pronounce it "Mackanoy.") |
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SpeedGraphicMan
Joined: 09 Jun 2012 Posts: 14 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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I have an illustration from a 1963 Burke and James catalog, showing a Speed Graphic fitted with an extension rail and long-tele lens.
How can I post it here?
The W.C. Feilds quote is from the 1940 film "My Little Chickadee".
When a lynch mob is about to hang Feilds, they ask him for his last request...
He responds with, "Yes, I would like to see Paris before I die..."
When they begin to slip the noose about his neck he cries out, "Philadelphia will do!... _________________ "I would like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do..." |
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