What is this medium format military rangefinder camera?











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I came across pictures of an old photography magazine, that features pictures of a camera that seems to be a Medium Format camera with interchangeable lenses. I am curious to try and identify it, as it bears no logos and doesn't resemble anything I've seen before:



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  • Medium format rangefinders like that were made a lot by Fuji, Plaubel, and Mamiya....
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I came across pictures of an old photography magazine, that features pictures of a camera that seems to be a Medium Format camera with interchangeable lenses. I am curious to try and identify it, as it bears no logos and doesn't resemble anything I've seen before:



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I came across pictures of an old photography magazine, that features pictures of a camera that seems to be a Medium Format camera with interchangeable lenses. I am curious to try and identify it, as it bears no logos and doesn't resemble anything I've seen before:



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  • Medium format rangefinders like that were made a lot by Fuji, Plaubel, and Mamiya....
    – rackandboneman
    Nov 3 at 22:18


















  • Medium format rangefinders like that were made a lot by Fuji, Plaubel, and Mamiya....
    – rackandboneman
    Nov 3 at 22:18
















Medium format rangefinders like that were made a lot by Fuji, Plaubel, and Mamiya....
– rackandboneman
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Medium format rangefinders like that were made a lot by Fuji, Plaubel, and Mamiya....
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It is a 70mm Graflex KE-4 “Combat Graphic” made from 1953-1957.



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    bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
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    It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
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It is a 70mm Graflex KE-4 “Combat Graphic” made from 1953-1957.



Graflex KE-4 Combat Graphic



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  • 1




    bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
    – osullic
    Nov 4 at 10:47






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    It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
    – David Richerby
    Nov 4 at 17:15















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It is a 70mm Graflex KE-4 “Combat Graphic” made from 1953-1957.



Graflex KE-4 Combat Graphic



enter image description hereenter image description here






share|improve this answer



















  • 1




    bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
    – osullic
    Nov 4 at 10:47






  • 5




    It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
    – David Richerby
    Nov 4 at 17:15













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It is a 70mm Graflex KE-4 “Combat Graphic” made from 1953-1957.



Graflex KE-4 Combat Graphic



enter image description hereenter image description here






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It is a 70mm Graflex KE-4 “Combat Graphic” made from 1953-1957.



Graflex KE-4 Combat Graphic



enter image description hereenter image description here







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    bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
    – osullic
    Nov 4 at 10:47






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    It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
    – David Richerby
    Nov 4 at 17:15














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    bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
    – osullic
    Nov 4 at 10:47






  • 5




    It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
    – David Richerby
    Nov 4 at 17:15








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bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
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Nov 4 at 10:47




bigger than a "Texas Leica", it's "Gulliver's Contax" - classic!
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Nov 4 at 10:47




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It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
– David Richerby
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It's good that it's camouflaged so nobody can see you using that gigantic flash bulb.
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