Speed Graphic Camera 5"x4". Kalart Synchronized Range Finder; Supermatic shutter by Eastman Kodak; Kodak Ektar lens 1:4.7, 127mm, No FT4583; flash arm attached, fitted with Phillips Photoflux Type PF48 flashbulb (1982-5028/2).
Immortalised in fiction and used by generations of press photographers, the Speed Graphic has become a photographic icon. Legendary photographer Arthur Fellig (Weegee) used a Speed Graphic for his photographs of New York crime scenes in the 1940s.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Object Number:
- 1982-5040/1
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), leather, leatherette, glass and white metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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overall (with flash): 420 mm x 310 mm x 270 mm,
overall (camera): 280 mm x 190 mm x 200 mm,
- type:
- folding camera and plate camera
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
