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There have been nothing but interesting photos attached to this thread.
I have nothing whatsoever against the Graphlex SLRs. What will be your film source for the 3 1/4x4 1/4 format? Good luck in finding what you a looking for at a resonable price.
I have long believed that the Kalart made for 3 1/4x 4 1/4 was a neat little rangefinder camera. If film were available I might be tempted to get one of these little honeys. I personally do not wish to get involved in cutting down sheet film.
For myself I prefer a rangefinder camera for handheld work.
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I am returing to shooting my 4x5 and most probably will be handholding again on occasion. As I noted in another thread, it is a fairly easy thing to do with a wide angle lens and using a hyperfocal method; I shot a 90mm F8. My subject matter was usually people and entertainers at large gatherings such as our local Jazz Fest held once a month, or on the occasion where I couldn't setup a tripod and needed to hold it. I generally shot HP5+ dev in Xtol and used a yellow filter.
You will standout holding such a camera, so be prepared to handle the attention. If you like to slink around and capture shots unnoticed, holding a 4x5 will be the exact opposite, but you will meet alot of people so have your business cards ready to give out.
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You folks have sparked my curiosity, and this is something I have wanted to try.
I have no graphmatics, only plain ol' film holders. For those of you who shoot with plain Old holders this question is for you.
Do you take the darkslide out and just leave it out until you see a shot, or do you rip that sucker out when the shot appears? I'll be using a busch pressman D.
Anyone know how a flash hooks up to a Busch and what kind I should look for?
Jay, I liked the shot of the little girl.
Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. Pope Paul VI
So, I think the "greats" were true to their visions, once their visions no longer sucked. Ralph Barker 12/2004
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 Originally Posted by mark
You folks have sparked my curiosity, and this is something I have wanted to try.
I have no graphmatics, only plain ol' film holders. For those of you who shoot with plain Old holders this question is for you.
Do you take the darkslide out and just leave it out until you see a shot, or do you rip that sucker out when the shot appears? I'll be using a busch pressman D.
Anyone know how a flash hooks up to a Busch and what kind I should look for?
Jay, I liked the shot of the little girl.
YOu gotta gett it out and wait, many times the shot will be too quick for you to fiddle with the dark slide.
If you have cams and a sport finder in your camera, use them. Prefocus and just shoot by framinf with the sport finder.
I tell you I had a lot of fun shooting with the Crown, I regret having sold it...
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With Grafmatics or regular holders, it's best to have the sheet ready when you're looking for the shot, so you won't have to fumble with the darkslide.
If the shutter on the lens you use with the Busch Pressman has a leaf shutter with flash sync, you just connect to the leaf shutter. If it's an old shutter, it might have bipole sync instead of P-C sync, but you can get a bipole sync cord from Paramount. Set the shutter to "X" or 0 delay for X-sync with electronic flash, if there's an adjustment. On some shutters, there may also be a separate cocking lever or an On/Off switch for the flash sync.
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Cool. thanks guys. It is a leaf shutter and a newer one so it does have a PC sync. Time to look for a suitable flash. SOmething from the same period would be cool
Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. Pope Paul VI
So, I think the "greats" were true to their visions, once their visions no longer sucked. Ralph Barker 12/2004
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Just found a case of press 40 flashbulbs, in a local garage cleanout sale....you have all inspired me to get out the Crown and have a go at it....
don't know yet if I have all the parts for an original flash set. By the size of these bulbs this must be a pretty potent burst of light?
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Originally Posted by Dave Wooten
Just found a case of press 40 flashbulbs, in a local garage cleanout sale....you have all inspired me to get out the Crown and have a go at it....
don't know yet if I have all the parts for an original flash set. By the size of these bulbs this must be a pretty potent burst of light?
Well, you probably won't trigger a nuclear counterstrike with them, but you might well run into problems from the EPA for your disruption of the circadian cycles of wildlife in the surrounding counties... 
Photography has always fascinated me -- as a child, simply for the magic of capturing an image onto glossy paper with a little box, but as an adult because of the unique juxtaposition of science and art -- the physics of optics, the mechanics of the camera, the chemistry of film and developer, alongside the art in seeing, composing, exposing, processing and printing.
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Originally Posted by Dave Wooten
Just found a case of press 40 flashbulbs, in a local garage cleanout sale....you have all inspired me to get out the Crown and have a go at it....
don't know yet if I have all the parts for an original flash set. By the size of these bulbs this must be a pretty potent burst of light?
I'm not 100% sure I'm remembering this right, but I believe the Press 40's are actually the same brightness as the Press 25's, the only difference being that 25's are a midget based bulb, and the 40's screw based (aka Edison base, or Mazda based) bulbs. The Press 25's are also the same brightness as the #5's, and if you check the graflex.org website, there's a whole section on flashbulbs there, and they have a guide number chart for #5's online there, which should be either the same, or pretty close to the Press 40's.
-Mike
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Actually, I'm pretty sure the #5 and P25 are both bayonet bulbs, as opposed to the ring groove "midget" base M2, M3, and M5 sizes. M5 and #5 have the same light output, different bases. P25 is a bit brighter than #5, guide numbers differ by about 10% as I recall.
Never seen a P40, but if it's a screw base same brightness as P25, that would explain the screw base flash with bayonet adapter that came with my Ansco Pioneer 620...
Photography has always fascinated me -- as a child, simply for the magic of capturing an image onto glossy paper with a little box, but as an adult because of the unique juxtaposition of science and art -- the physics of optics, the mechanics of the camera, the chemistry of film and developer, alongside the art in seeing, composing, exposing, processing and printing.
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