F6687.00011
RB Cycle Graphic (4 x 5)
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
NOTES:
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: F6687.00011
Jump to image
MANUFACTURER: Folmer & Schwing Manufacturing Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1900
PRODUCTION DATES: 1900 - 1921
FILM TYPE: plate or filmpack
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $38.00 w/o lens
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 135+
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: first unit prior to existing records, last 96033
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: view
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
RR, B&L Zeiss Plastigmat, B&L Z Protar, Voightlander Collinear,
Goerz Double Anastigmat
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes
"Revolving back, accepts Graflex focal plane shutter accessory.
16" and 17" bellows, triple extension bed. Brilliant viewfinder on
front standard. 2¼"square lensboard, "swing", actually tilt back from
bottom by adjustment of lower part of bed braces. This model was
listed in catalogs from 1900 - 1923. One last special model was built
in 1920, s/n 113431." (T. Holden, 1999).
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE:
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//
Jump to text
Reproductions & Permissions Information
Todd Gustavson
Curator, Technology Collection
George Eastman House
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
telephone 585.271.3361 ext 369
email todd@geh.org