Graflex Graphic 35 Review Made for These Pages Casual Photophile

The Graflex Graphic 35 was a 35mm rangefinder camera initially made by Graflex in the U.S. and later by Kowa for Graflex. It was introduced in 1955 as a replacement for the Graflex Ciro 35. Although based on the Ciro 35's basic design, essentially every mechanical part as well as the styling was modified. The camera was focussed by push buttons located on either side of the lens, and the.. The Graphic 35 was produced at a time when Graflex, as a company, was no longer at its apex. Their bread and butter — the Graphic press cameras — may still have been widely used by the time the Graphic 35 came out, but there's little question that the use of press cameras in general was already in decline.

THE GRAFLEX GRAPHIC 35 By Michael Parker Ken Metcalf has done a thorough job of seeking out and accumulating historic material about the Graphic 35. This article is based on Ken's research, on the short piece by Tim T. Holden in the Graflex Historic Quarterly, Volume 2 Issue 2 (mid-1997), on Tim's "Black Book" of personal. This 35mm camera was made by Kowa in Japan, for Graflex, in the 1960's. The Century 35 has a Seikosha MX shutter. The lens is 45mm f/f3.5. Manufactured 1955 (Effort to save a sinking company) 50mm f/2.5 Graflar lens; Speeds to 1/25; Minumum aperture f22; Nice coupled rangefinder - no meter; Unique focuser - those black rocker buttons on the.