Digital BW, The Print

The "super" models are far heavier and their rangefinders are not as
rugged as the cheaper models. They don't offer more utility or any
improvement in optics. You might take this question to the Graflex
forum for more opinion. 

I use a 6X9cm Century Graphic from the Seventies and a 4X5" Speed
Graphic from the thirties. Both are lighter and more rugged than
Hassleblad (for example), have comparable optics (Rodenstock, Zeiss),
and produce much larger negatives. 6X9 is far larger than 6X6, dwarfs 
35mm.   

If one works in B&W he/she may want some real film experience, and
"should" (to use a word that's popular on this forum) experiment with
larger formats. 6X9 and 4X5 scan beautifully with $300 flatbeds making
handsome, sharp, grainless, noiseless 13X19.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla 
> Last month I searched some Graphics type models, Crown Graphics, Speed 
> Graphics are quite easy to get in the USA but Super Graphics and Super 
> Speed Graphics are not often for sale. What is the reason for that, 
> still popular, lower quantity produced ?
> 
> Ernst