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Graflex Graphic 35

The Graflex Graphic 35 was a rangefinder camera produced by Graflex beginning in 1955. It is not entirely clear when production ended, but the camera was still available on the market until the early 1960s. The Graphic 35 features a few interesting features, notably the rocker button focusing mechanism. The two black buttons above the lens are alternately pushed, in a see-saw action, to focus the lens. The shutter button is located in an interesting spot as well, as a little silver lever, located where the self-timer lever is often found. The lever is pulled away from the lens to fire the shutter. Shutter speeds ranged from 1 second on the low end to a top speed of 1/300th. The fixed lens was a 50mm that would have a max aperture of either f/2.8 or f/3.5. Focusing and composing were done in separate windows.

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Graflex Graphic 35

This stylish little 35mm rangefinder is the Graflex Graphic 35. The Graflex name is one of the big ones in camera history. Here at the shop, we work with Graflex cameras every single day; however, we'd estimate that 95% of that time those cameras are limited to Graflex's large format press cameras. In reality, the Graflex name graced a number of different film formats over the decades, from 35mm to medium format TLRs to large format cameras, even some aerial reconnaissance cameras.

The history of the Graflex name itself is quite extensive. It started as a brand name used by the Folmer & Schwing company at the beginning of the 20th century. Folmer & Schwing would eventually be bought out by Kodak and folded into that corporate empire, but the Graflex brand continued to be used. A court ruling in 1926 forced Kodak to sell off the Folmer & Schwing division of their business and the Folmer Graflex Corporation was the result. This name was later shortened to Graflex Inc and the company produced cameras until the early 1970s.

Even with the effective end of Graflex's manufacturing, their impact on the world of photography, and beyond, is still felt today. Cambo purchased tooling for the Graflex XL in the mid 1970s and continued to distribute a camera heavily based on the Graflex, for a little while at least. Toyo bought the rights to the Crown and Speed Graphics, which influenced the design of several generations of Toyo field cameras. The Graflex flash handle made a cameo appearance in Star Wars and started a cult following all its own. Meanwhile, google 'Joshua Paul' and 'David Burnett' to see Graflex cameras at both the Olympics and F-1 races, put to amazing use.

Oh, and watch our little video to see our favorite feature of the Graphic 35 camera. We so love the rocker button focusing!

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