Busch Pressman Model D 4x5
The Pressman Model D is a large format 4x5 camera produced by the Busch Precision Camera Corporation of Chicago, Illinois in the 1950s and 60s. The camera was both inspired by and meant to compete with the Graflex Crown Graphic camera and it did a pretty good job of it. Like the Graflex Crown Graphic, the Pressman Model D is meant to be handheld and used rapidly. When not in use, it folds up quickly into a self-contained metal box. The camera takes about 10 seconds to fold out and have ready to fire. Lenses are mounted in removable lens boards and can be coupled to a built-in rangefinder, which sits mounted on the side of the camera. Composition can be done in a few different ways: via the ground glass back, an optical viewfinder mounted atop the camera, or the wire-frame sports-finder.
The Pressman Model D features some other very useful features. Unlike its Crown and Speed Graphic competition, the Pressman Model D has a rotating back, enabling the film holder to be turned to either landscape or portrait orientation, without rotating the entire camera. The Pressman Model has front base tilt (both forward and backward), front shift, and front rise. It has a significantly longer range of motion on all three of these movements than either of the Graflex cameras. The Pressman Model D also has a drop bed that can either add more forward tilt or facilitate the use of wide angle lenses without vignetting. Unlike the Graflex Speed Graphic, the Pressman Model D does not have a focal plane shutter and relies solely on the leaf shutters in its lenses.
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