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Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Here's a better suggestion than screwing with the rangefinder while shooting: Forget the rangefinder and shoot like a pro with the ground glass.
You'll get MUCH better, sharper photos; plus if you use shifts &/or tilts the rangefinder is useless anyway.
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On 2003-02-07 08:22, mperetz wrote:
I bought an item on eBay (item 1950824879) - a Crown Graphic with top-mounted RF and 135 4.7 Optar lens. I had/have zero large format experience, but about 30 years of amateur experience with small/medium format.
I got a Grafmatic separately.I got a Gossen Luna Pro SBC and even a Photoflex changing tent.
I paid $325 for the camera, which appeared to be really nice at first,until I started learning how to use it and saw that the rangefinder is out of alignment.
As I said, I know nothing about these, except that I can see that while the images line up on the horizontal axis (please excuse my laymans terms) - they don't line up vertically.
I cannot afford to fix this camera - and I can't get my money back from the seller - who INSISTS that it was in alignment when he sold it. Perhaps it shifted in shipping.
I don't know and I don't care. Bottom line is that I can't afford to invest $100 to fix it - and I am not (seemingly) adept enough to fix it myself.
I looked at the repair manual, which can be found online - and I certainly can't be certain of what screws to turn or how to set it up to align it.
I don't know what to do. If would like to re-sell it, but I'll probably take a financial pounding with a misaligned rangefinder.
I could send it to S.K.Grimes -but I'm sure it would cost me at least $100 that I don't have.
So I'm slowly selling off alll the stuff I guess.
Back to MF/Small for me I suppose.
Any suggestions? (Damn, I even bought the book Graphic Graflex Photography) - and some vintage flash equipment (now sold as of today).
Any thoughts or help appreciatied.
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