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aoresteen · Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 67 Location: Newnan, GA, USA

I have a number of viewfinder masks but I didn't see any numbers on them.

1. How do you figure out which masks you have?

I use this reference to match my lens to a mask:

https://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/viewfinder-masks.html

I also found a list of masks for the roll film holders (RFH) here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20150416201354/http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/graflex_13.html

2. So for a 101mm lens with a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 rh8 back a 9105-2 mask is listed but the first ref does not list a mask for the 101mm lens. Does that mean that one is not needed?

3. Is the 9105-2 the same mask as the #2 mask listed in the first reference?

Thanks!
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Sirius Glass · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:54 pm Post subject:

I have been looking for a 9105-9 mask. Do you have one to sell?

Henry · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:35 am Post subject:

Tony, I'd go with the printed mask data you posted from the Graflex company literature, in preference to the info from that page on this site. On my no. 2 mask, the number "2" is stamped into the metal on the upper back inside (facing the finder optics) edge of the mask, under the flange along the top of the mask. I don't know what it means when the number is missing: after-market item, factory omission, or what?

aoresteen · Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 67 Location: Newnan, GA, USA

Henry,

Thanks for the info. Using a magnifier I was able to find the numbers that are stamped in my masks. Turns out I had one #4 and two #2 masks.

Sirius Glass, no #9. Sorry!
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aoresteen · Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 67 Location: Newnan, GA, USA

There's a #9 on ebay. $s5 seems high.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEAR-MINT-Graflex-Catalog-No-9105-Optical-Viewfinder-Roll-Film-Holder-Mask-9-/272003532536?hash=item3f54ac86f8:g:I7cAAOSwN81WDajE
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Henry · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:24 pm Post subject:

Apparently, Graflex didn't distinguish between 6x7 and 6x9 formats in their mask production. My no. 2 mask is proportioned for 6x9, but I always shoot 6x7. Just one more reason that I've called the optical finder only an approximation of what the film sees.