When it is desirable to observe the Image on a ground glass at the back
of the camera, for instance when the camera is placed on a high support,
the accessory Graflex Focusing Panel will be required. It may be
fitted to the camera by the slide locks which hold the film and plate attachments
and are described in the following paragraph. The accessory focusing panel
is provided with side shields and a metal door which can be released by
pressing down on the small latch directly beneath the door.
When raised, this door permits direct ground-glass focusing and composing
of the image produced by the lens. Note: Make sure that the focal-plane
shutter is set at O, the I-T bar at T, and the mirror
raised.
If you are unable to secure an old film with which to practice in day
liqht, use a sheet of new film.
Sheet film holders should be loaded in complete darkness--preferably
in a photographic darkroom. Place the holders on a clean work-bench
and withdraw the slides, laying them to one side well within reach. As
the box of film is opened, note that the sheets are interleaved with black
paper.
To find the emulsion side of a piece of sheet film in the dark, note
the posiHon of the notches cut into one of its shorter edges. The emulsion
side will be facing you when the unnotched short side of the film is nearest
you and the notches are in the upper right-hand corner. Always handle the
film by its edges and never touch the front (emulsion) surface.
Open the wood flap at the end of the holder, and slide in the film.
(Figure 8) - Make sure that the edges are beneath the side rails.
The film should be pushed home so that it is under the rail at the
other end of the holder. Close the wood flap and replace the slide
in the holder, with the raised dots on the outside to show that this side
of the holder contains unexposed film. (If the slide does not fit fully
into the slot in the end of the flap, the film has not been pushed under
the rail at the closed end of the septum). Turn the small brass slide-hook
over the end to prevent accidental withdrawal of the slide. When slides
are replaced after exposure, have the raised dots inside to show that the
film has been exposed.
Plate holders are loaded in much the same way as film holders,
except that there are no side rails and the end of the plate is slid in
under a projection at the slide-handle end of the holder. The plate
is held in place when the wood flap is closed and slide inserted.
Film packs can be loaded in daylight, but strong or direct light
should be avoided. When handling a pack always grasp it by only the sides,
since the films will be fogged if the protective black paper is depressed.
Release both catches and swing the back of the adapter open. Carefully
insert the closed end of the film pack under the light-break at the hinge.
Be sure that the opening of the pack rests next to the slide of the adapter.
With the paper tabs held straight out, close the back. Before making the
first exposure, pull the first tab (marked 0) straight out from
the pack until a resistance is felt; then bring it around toward the back
of the camera and tear it off with a smooth, even motion. After the first
exposure tear off tab 1 in the same way, and so on after each exposure
until the last tab (12) has been torn off. (Pulling the tabs moves
exposed film from the open front of the pack to the back.) After the last
tab has been pulled the exposed pack Is somewhat self-protected, and may
be removed from the adapter In subdued light to be wrapped In the original
paper and box. Handle the film pack only by its edge.
Magazines holding twelve sheets of film in individual septums
for exposure and development at will, are covered by a special Instruction
manual which accompanies each magazine. A special manual is also available
for roll holder attachments which have been supplied for GRAFLEX
Cameras.
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