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Dan Schwartz , Feb 13, 2007; 01:06 p.m.

Hi gang!

Well, my acquaintance Daniel Pipes is testifying before Congress tomorrow, and I'll be photographing him just like David Burnett, using my restored 1956 vintage Pacemaker Speed Graphic! Watch for me tomorrow starting at 2:30PM eastern on C-SPAN. See the following link for more info:

For more on Burnett, see:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007vos

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CG7t

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007YD5

Also, check out my humorous home page: http://tinyurl.com/8x4po

I'll report back in a couple days...


My self-portrait with my Pacemaker Speed Graphic

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Dan Schwartz , Feb 13, 2007; 01:22 p.m.

Oops! Forgot the link(s)

Oops! I forgot to add the link to the House hearing: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00JvoT

And the link to the C-SPAN schedule page: http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp?timeid=212038173436

Michael Axel , Feb 13, 2007; 01:23 p.m.

That's hysterical. I bet a lot of the photogs are too young to even know what a Speed Graphic is, and probably wonder how many FPS it can shoot, whether it's shutter or aperture priority, and how the AF works!

Dan Schwartz , Feb 13, 2007; 01:34 p.m.

Hmmm, it's aperture priority (since the shutter speed isn't too accurate).

Let's see, with a Grafmatic I can shoot over 1.0 fps... Which is faster than a brand new, super-duper PhaseOne P45+! And, I have *Twelve* Grafmatics already loaded with TMX and TMY.

Incidentally, the rangefinder is calibrated to the 135mm Graphex lens, but the shutter's flash contacts are dodgy at best. I can also slide the focusing scale on the bed a few tenths of an inch and use my 127mm lens & shutter instead. [And No, the lenses will NOT interchange in the shutters.] For flash shots, I use my Norman 200B set at half power (100 w/sec), for battery life.

Last March, I shot my cousin's Bar Mitzvah with it -- See: http://users.snip.net/~joe/austin/index.htm

Raymond Bradlau , Feb 13, 2007; 01:48 p.m.

very cool, thanks for sharing and thank you for the links on Burnett,

Faster than $30,000+ of new monster digital camera, and image quality could surely hold its own even in a huge print as well.

thanks Ray

Bob Gentile , Feb 13, 2007; 02:12 p.m.

"... Also, check out my humorous home page: http://tinyurl.com/8x4po ..."

I can't believe how miserably I flunked the Gore-Unibomber Quiz. What an eye-opener!

Dan Schwartz , Feb 13, 2007; 02:17 p.m.

The quiz is an oldie but goodie!

That quiz, inspired by a column by Tony Snow, is at least seven years old; but I still keep it up as I still get replies like yours!

Aaron Muderick , Feb 13, 2007; 02:53 p.m.

I use my 1969 Polaroid pack film camera at weddings. So much fun! People love having their pictures taken. Also, they assume that if something has a bellows it must be really expensive.

Great work!

Michael Ging , Feb 13, 2007; 03:21 p.m.

all that and no shutter lag, congrats.

Dan Schwartz , Feb 13, 2007; 03:38 p.m.

Well, almost no shutter lag per se: I removed the pneumatic shutter actuator, which is needed for flashbulbs...


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