Oh no! I'm now the owner of a Crown Graphic!

[NavyMoose]

Hi Rachelle,

Welcome to the asylum! :-)

I picked up my Crown Graphic a few months ago and it is a wonderful camera. I also picked up a few reprints of Army maintenance manuals for the camera. Not a lot of Crown repairmen these days.

Check out www.largeformatphotography.info , there is a ton of great information on large format. I find it more useful than graphex.org.

I use my Crown more often than my Toyo monorail camera because it is so much easier to hike with.

Enjoy the new camera!

Navy Moose

[kompressor]

My crown Grapich 45 special is en route fro US this weekend

[kompressor]

My Crown Grapich 45 SPecial is en route from US this weekend.

[Sirius Glass]

You guys make me laugh (another reason why I love APUG). Although if it wasn't for APUG I probably wouldn't have bought the camera. There goes the new bike I was going to buy.

I've got so many other lonely cameras waiting to be used. Last photographic expedition I took five with me while the others (about 10) wimpered and whined at home. What are they going to do when the big beautiful Crown arrives? I know I should sell a few to cover the costs of the new Graphic, but they're my babies -- even if some of them haven't aged gracefully, I'd hate to lose any one of them.

And now you want me to go to some other forum? You guys are a bad influence on me.

Are you overloaded?

Yes, you are.

You have abandoned the other cameras.

Can you change?

Yes, you can.

Your only way to avoid the slippery slope and stopped being whelmed to the send the Crown Graphic to me NOW!

Steve

[Robert Brummitt]

Damn, damn damn. I bought a Crown earlier this week and had my hands on a Baby Speed graphic but it's graflok was broken. The young lady wante $70 dollars for it too.
Oh well.

[mudman]

Congrats, I've got a 2x3 crown graphic, it's a great camera.

[PBrooks]

kirk, you are bad.

Funniest thing I ever saw was my wife trying to open my crown. That sounded bad but you know what I'm talking about.

[Antje]

Someone here predicted I would get a Crown at some point, and yes, I got one a few weeks ago. I couldn't resist. It was far stronger than I am. And it's sooooo much fun to use! And it's actually suitable for backpacking. How have I been able to live without one until now?!?

Antje

[mooseontheloose]

Antje -- you're so good! I've had my Crown for a while now and I still haven't used it (it's a long story). But I play with it a lot! I think I should be okay once the film goes in the holders. ;-) I hope that I'll be able to shoot with it over the next couple of weeks to get some practice in before the holidays.