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No. 1A Speed Kodak
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disemjg
Joined: 10 Jan 2002
Posts: 474
PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:56 pm

Not having seen one before, I bought this online thinking it was just an odd early Kodak. As soon as I saw it I realized that it HAD to have been made for Kodak by Graflex. All the hardware and operating principles are classic Graflex; some of the hardware even looks as though it would interchange with parts on my early Graflexes.

Mckeown's says it was made from '09 through '13, so Graflex was a part of Kodak at the time. I guess Kodak wanted a FP camera of their own, although it seems odd they did not just let Graflex market it.

Anyone know more about this camera?
Les
Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:27 am

Only that they are hard to find and valued.

Yes it was made in the Folmer-Century Division of Kodak and there are a few patents that show this camera, and there are certainly a lot of similarites to the Graflex 1A and 3A. More than a few of these parts show up on a Speed Graphic.
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