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vic valis



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Couldn't find anything on it age-wise in the accessories page, but maybe that's because it's from Kalart and not Graflex. Anyone have an idea of years of manufacture?

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There seem to be a lot of rumors that they began during the war - something about focusing inside bombers or something. I thought they were made for night photography, e.g. nightclub shots, etc. Heiland made them early on too, I believe. The "modern" units [with 2 male prongs] seem to have been made later, since the Graflite units were also later and they had the hot plug to furnish power.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like Kalart started in 1946.

Here's some history from the EPA

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kalart must have existed in some form or another prior to 1946, since I have seen (and own in parts) several very early reach-around rangehinders (the sort that had an arm that fit between the dclosed drop bed and the edge of the camera, not the kind that needed a hole drilled in the body for the arm... and speaking of which, I may need help mounting/calibrating one at some point). The company perhaps moved to that space, or else company records were lost for 1946 and earlier.

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