Bessa 2a - focusing mechanism broken

[sflocation]

Hello,
I am new to this forum. Hope I'm doing things right.
I bought a Bessa R2a new a little over a year ago. First the shutter
locked up. Send it back and got it repair.
Now the focusing mechanism does not work. (when you focus the square does not
move to do the overlapping) What makes it frustrating is that I shoot about a roll per
month. This is my point and shoot camera.
Does any body experience this?, may be I got lemon (from cosina).
Should I get another body because Bessas are not that reliable (compared with leica)?

Any thoughts? Thank you in advance

 

[sienarot]

What lens are you using? Not all lenses are coupled.

And I'm sure many will disagree about your "Bessas are not that reliable" comment.

 

[sflocation]

No My Color Skopar (35mm) was working fine before. Also I have a 50 1.7 Asph.
with an adapter. Everything was just working fine then went out.
I hope that Bessas are reliable and I just got a funky one.
Any thoughts on where to send it to be repair it?
thanks again

 

[ferider]

Welcome.

at the 12'o clock position in the open lens mount of the camera you
will see the RF cam that attaches to the lens.

Try to move this with your finger (gently). If the patch does not move,
your camera is broken. Otherwise it is something about the lens or
how it couples to the camera (for instance when the adapter is put
on badly.

Roland.

 

[sflocation]

Roland,
Thanks for the tip. I did this yesterday and the parallax correction moved. However, the center square (where the focusing happens) did not move.
My question is if this is a common thing to happen, because I do not use the camera that much. It is my point and shoot.
I was wandering if this is a common occurrence or it could be just for my camera?
Thanks

 

[ferider]

This is OK for the Bessa, if I remember well, framelines move, but the patch stays in the same position.
Can you focus with your hand ?

Best,

Roland.

 

[sflocation]

Roland,
Unfortunately I send camera to be repair to cameraquest. I was wandering if I should get another body, because this type of problems could happen at any time?
For example, Bessa compared with M7 which would be more reliable under normal use?
I guess is bit frustrating when you don't use the camera that much and then out of the blue, focusing mechanism goes out.
Any thoughts would be appriciated.
Thanks
Carlos

 

[CameraQuest]

Roland,
Thanks for the tip. I did this yesterday and the parallax correction moved. However, the center square (where the focusing happens) did not move.
My question is if this is a common thing to happen, because I do not use the camera that much. It is my point and shoot.
I was wandering if this is a common occurrence or it could be just for my camera?
Thanks

based upon what you have written here
nothing may be wrong.

the framelines and RF patch on the Voigtlander R2/R3/R4 A and M series don't move together, like they do on the Leica M series. The framelines move with the focus distance, the RF patch does not move.

I'll be back to you after I look at the camera.
Stephen