RB Graflex Series D (4 x 5)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Folmer Graflex Corp.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, Rochester
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1928
PRODUCTION DATES: 1928-1945
FILM TYPE: sheet, etc
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5in.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: $150 w/ 7½"KA lens
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 5500
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 159489 - 351881
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: reflex
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 7½"f/4.5 lenses, Kodak, Schneider, Zeiss
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "1928-47. Same body as the earlier RB Tele Graflex and RB Series B.
  Interchangeable lensboards. Extensible front with hood over the lens.
  Grey-painted hardware. Later 4x5" models have black hardware and
  chrome trim." (McKeown, 1997).
  "4x5 RB Series D. Revolving back. Standard Graflex focal plane shutter
  1/10 - 1/1000, plus "O". Leather hood with chenille top raised as rear
  hinged top door is opened. Front box with lens attached to 2 "L"-
  shaped geared tracks for rack and pinion focusing. Large front door
  with side wings opens automatically as lens is racked out to focus.
  Interchangeable 3¼" lensboard immediately accessible due to large
  front door. Bellows extension 12". Item s/n 161552 used by Father
  Hubbard, "The Glacier Priest", to photograph glaciers in Alaska, in
  the late 1930's. (T. Holden, 1999).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: F6688.00039

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 224.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//