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| primus96 Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 225 |  Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:10 pmThe 127mm Ektar lens has serial number ET3212 with a small L in a circle. Camera Serial number is 966825. The lens date is 1949, which may have been ordered in a massive batch & used whenever. Would I be incorrect to suppose that my Crown is one of the earliest with the Graflok back? |
| Gandolf Joined: 26 Dec 2001 Posts: 328 | Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:59 pm Camera was made in '49-'50. However retro fitting Graflok backs was common. Through 1951, Graflex Inc had a promotion with the dealer to retrofit unsold Graphic backed cameras to the Graflok system at a considerable savings, so it's entirely possible to find a camera from '48 that has a "factory" Graflok back. "One of the earliest"---there's no way to tell |
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