Hello, It's me again. So today, I went to the park with my crown graphic (I jus t got it yesterday). I found that I had dificulty getting the front standard to transfer to the front section of rails. I also noticed the focusing bed did no t want to move. So then I saw that the Kalart rangefinder finger was caught and the rear section of rails and the rails were kind of twisted. Eventually I got thing loose. Too loose maybe? The little hinge between the front and rear rai ls is broken :-(
I think maybe I have not enough experience with this camera. I probably don't k now about the proper position of the rails and focus bed before closing it's lit tle box. This might have caused the rear rails to.... derail? a sort of cause and effect. It worked so perfectly yesterday!
Finally: Any suggestions on where I can send it for repair? I live in Baltimor e. I know Abe over at Service Photo has some shop where he sends this sort of w ork and I may go see him. I called my regular camera repair guy who suggested I buy a junker for parts. I would really rather pay somebody at this point. sin ce I fear it was my error that caused my Crown that I searched so hard for to be broken within 24 hours.
any assistance in my Graphic drama is greatly appreciated. Is there a Graphlex help board somewhere?
thanks,
paul schuster
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