Editing Graflex (section)

===Speed Graphic and Crown Graphic press cameras===
{{Main|Speed Graphic}}

Graflex [[Speed Graphic]] folding cameras, produced from 1912 to 1973 also employed a focal plane shutter, but omitted the SLR swinging mirror and through-the lens viewing, replacing it by an external viewfinder, while retaining a [[view camera]]'s traditional [[Ground glass#Photography|ground glass]] for static subjects. This allowed the camera to be considerably lighter, and fold into a rugged boxy shape.  These cameras could also be used with [[Diaphragm shutter|"between-the-lens" shutters]] mounted to the front lens board as more typically seen on [[large format camera]]s.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|title=The Graflex Speed Graphic FAQ|url=http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/FAQ.html|website=Graflex.org|accessdate=30 January 2016}}</ref> The Speed Graphic became even more popular than the Graflex Reflex as a press and sports camera, so much so that to this type of classic press camera features in the masthead of the [[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]].<ref name=Vaughn/> The top-to-bottom motion of the focal plane shutter exposed the upper portion of the film first (i.e., the bottom of the inverted image as seen at the focal plane), so many photographs of [[automobile racing]] taken with Speed Graphics depicted the wheels of cars in an oval shape leaning forward. This feature was so ubiquitous in racing photography that it came to be a conventional graphical indication for speed, influencing many [[cartoonist]]s who drew wheels in this same style to indicate fast motion.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bebbington|first1=David H.|title=Circular distortion in old race car photos|url=http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/25601-circular-distortion-old-race-car-photos.html|website=Analog Photographers Users Group (APUG)|accessdate=30 January 2016|date=12 March 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204152845/http://www.apug.org/forums/forum44/25601-circular-distortion-old-race-car-photos.html|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Speed Graphics have also been used with success by many fine art photographers, as they work quite well with special un-shuttered lenses that were manufactured originally for the Graflex Reflex. Speed Graphics are still widely used by modern fine art photographers because of their unique image creation capabilities and simple, easily serviced mechanical design.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Durniak|first1=John|title=The Old Speed Graphic is Alive and Clicking|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/15/arts/camera-the-old-speed-graphic-is-alive-and-clicking.html|accessdate=30 January 2016|work=The New York Times|date=15 June 1986}}</ref>

The [[Press camera|Crown Graphic]] models of this same period were similar in overall design to the Speed Graphics, but omitted their focal plane shutter, allowing Crown Graphic models to be about one inch (2.5&nbsp;cm) smaller and 1 pound lighter (.5&nbsp;kg) Furthermore, their lack of a focal plane shutter allowed lenses to be mounted closer to the film plane, enabling the use of wider angle lenses on these models.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacemaker Crown Graphic|url=http://graflex.org/speed-graphic/pacemaker-crown-graphic.html|website=graflex.org|accessdate=30 January 2016}}</ref>