I recently purchased a Crown Graphic Special, serial number 977422, that came with a Schneider Xenar 135 mm f/4.7 lens. Can anyone tell me:
1) the date this camera was made and
2) Did this model originally come with a fresnel installed? It has only a ground glass now. I have trouble getting a sharp picture with this camera. I don't use the rangefinder to focus with, instead I simply focus on the ground glass like my other view camera. I have already checked the infinity stops and after focusing everything sharp, I adjusted them to insure they were in the right place. I was thinking that maybe this camera originally came with a fresnel, but it has since been removed, hence the focus problem. Or, I'm completely wrong. Any ideas?
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