"THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOCKSIDE"

 July 16th, 2022

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– I'm in training

– With the camera that makes these images

– While some like the 2 ¼ film format I'm not.

– I've tried and have now divested myself of both the Hasselblad stuff

– And the twin-lens stuff.

– I'm enamored of a bunch of 6 x 9 stuff

-- I have a couple of folding cameras

-- Franka's that were made in Germany and sold by,

-- Of all things, Montgomery Wards.

-- The other is a little Graflex tech camera.

-- That has a Singer 120 roll film back.

– I've had all of these for quite some time but…

– With a bit of tuning and fussing around now has a new lease on life

-- And, I'm having a good time with them

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---2x3 Graflex W/ 6x9 roll back

--- Ilford Delta 100, HC110(H)

© 2022 Sasqua Structural Photography

G. Roger Clements

(SASS #604 R#69-239)

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POSTSCRIPT NOTES

I suppose it would be helpful to explain what the back-story of the title image is all about.

I've taken some 6x9 pictures of the generally less romantic sides of the buildings on Bank Street in New London.

While the average pictures of documentation work are 4x5 or 5x7 (sometimes 8x10 as well) these little 6 x 9 (cm) negatives make some pretty good pictures and I can sling it around like a brownie camera.

So the little "Baby" Graflex was drafted to do the riverside images.

Below I have attached some other 6x9 pictures.

This is a "Baby"Graflex 

And this a 6x9 Franka

 

 

I probably should have included some measure scales but at least some of the scale might give you the fact that neither camera is really not higher than 5in.

While the "baby" has some minor adjustments the Franka has none but, as you can see below, makes some nice structural images even without those refinements.

Of course the appealing format is inticing in an of by itself.

The Mohican Hotel, New London, CT   GRC

The Miner crossing, Waterford, CT    GRC