She has two bellows, each 5 inches square and extending up to 8 inches. Normally, the front bellows are compressed to just 1-1/2 inch thick; with the front standard on a sliding bed allowing an additional 7 inches of extension.
January 24th, 2008 Update. The actual Graflex Home Portrait is off to Ken Ruth at Bald Mountain Photo to have the focal plane shutter CLA'd (per the recommendation of David Burnett); and the two sets of bellows are off to Turner Bellows for refurbishing.
January 20th, 2008 Update. Here are some pictures of Bertha's teardown:
January 19th, 2008 Update. The jolly good discussion over at LargeFormatPhotography.info continued with a new thread showing the disassembly and restoration of Bertha to the crowd. Here are the pictures of her as she arrived:
January 17th, 2008 Update. What a trip down to Alexandria, Virginia, in the snow, sleet and rain. Although it only took 3 hours to go from Cherry Hill to Virginia, it took over six hours to return... The 460 mile roundtrip was draining, to say the least.
January 1st, 2008 Update. We're having quite a jolly good discussion over at LargeFormatPhotography.info with this thread introducing Bertha to the crowd. December 25th, 2007 Update. It's the eve of "National Jews Go To The Movies Day," also known as Christmas Eve. I'm on a Massive High Right Now, as I just scored this Big Bertha! This is a view of the gearshift lever fast focusing mechanism
Modified: 9:20 AM 1/21/2008
