Very nice 1950's BURKE & JAMES PRESS CAMERA large format portable camera. All aluminum body with a rotating back and full front swings, tilts, shifts, and rise/fall movements. Beautiful ground glass 4x5 with lines for 6x9cm, Very nice Graflex camera back with metal hood, nice bellows, leather handle, and leatherette covering. Very clean outfit that appears to function as designed: shutter fires at all speeds and seems to be correct, although we have not timed it for accuracy. As with any estate camera that has been sitting long term and of which no service history is known, it should be sent for a CLA. NO guarantees as to accurate functioning. Assume that it will require service. Includes metal front and rear lens caps, a Kalart Synchronized range finder ,Watson viewfinder, Heiland 2 cell flash with reflectors and synch cord, and a very nice period hard side case with leather trims and handle. Please see photos for more details and to evaluate condition for yourself
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No. 32 Kodak Anastigmat f+4.5 6-3/8" lens
Compur shutter
All aluminum body with aluminum board
4x5 ground glass screen with lines for 6x9cm
very clean glass with super sharp and bright site picture
nice Graflex back metal hood
nice clean bellows in very nice condition
rotating back for portrait or landscape photos
tilt, rise & fall, and shift adjustments
very clean leatherette
Front and back metal lens caps
Kalart Synchronized Range Finder
Watson viewfinder
Heiland 2 cell flash handle with 5" & 7.5" reflector & Voss cord
Heiland rail for flash attachment
Very nice hard case w leather trim and handle
Burke & James 4x5 Speed Press Camera was a sophisticated folding bed camera offering ground glass focusing or snapshot focusing by means of a focusing scale and a telescopic viewfinder. A Kalart Synchronized Range Finder was often attached to it.
It lacked the big sports finder which was the third finder device of many other press cameras. However, the camera had a number of features lacking on some of those cameras, including a rotating back and full front swings, tilts, shifts, and rise/fall movements. In a way the Burke and James Press 4x5 was a cross between a press camera and a technical camera like the Meridian 45A, Meridian 45B or Linhof Technica.