Unusual camera

[flogger]

I am a bit of a camera buff, I had never heard of the CO-2 cartridge powered Graphic Jet 35mm camera from the 1960's. It powered the shutter and advanced the film, good for 6-8 rolls of 20 exp film. Big collector's item today.
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[Ah Pook]

Interesting

[rondog]

Ain't never heerd of that one neither.....

[Bailey Guns]

Well that's pretty cool!

[O2HeN2]

Never heard of this before!

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[zteknik]

Wonder if it has a seltzer maker built in? lol!

[flogger]

Wonder if it has a seltzer maker built in? lol!

There are notes about using different cartridges in the instructions (on line), They say to use only Graflex Co-2 photo cartridges but the type used for beverages like Sparkletts are acceptable. I guess the other BB/Pellet gun type are too 'dirty'. I'm sure the air seal was a big problem too, but it was a cool idea.

[earplug]

What county manufactured this wonder? Pretty neat idea before fancy batteries.

[flogger]

Graphic has been around forever, Rochester NY, USA manufacturer. You are right, great idea!

The last Co-2 powered item I bought was a riot control bean bag gun, scary!

[theGinsue]

That is pretty cool. I've never heard of such a thing.

Side Note Trivia: The prop makers for the original Star Wars movie (now called "A New Hope") used a Grafex (the maker of this camera) 3-cell flash tube to make Luke Skywalkers lightsaber.
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