[Leica] Zeiss Planar T and no beer

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

On Sat, 26 Sep 2015 George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com>wrote:

>I tried the ready loads a few times.
>Never really warmed up to them.

>Though in my late teens and early twenties
>I loved the Graphlex packs;
>which allowed you to simply pull a paper tab for the next sheet.
>I really enjoyed using those.

>Other than that it was two sheet holders all the way;
>other than Polaroids of course.

>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
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(Glad you like the Flux set, George & Ric.)

I didn't shoot as much LF, but I liked using the 6 sheet Grafmatics.  Went
I went to Maine for the UPAA Symposium in 1989, in addition to my Leica,
Olympus and Realist 3D gear, I took two Grafmatics for my Speed Graphic
(with Tessar & Verito lenses), and they saved a lot of space that holders
would have taken up.  But wouldn't you know, when I was set up for my first
shot on the beach at Acadia National Park, the springs on the back of the
camera snapped.  I did all my 4x5 shooting holding the ground glass and
Grafmatics against the body with my fingers, hoping there were no light
leaks. I got away with it.

I still have the 6 sheet holders, plus one of the 12 sheet versions (with
the leather bag that allows the septums to be manipulated).
-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
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