Can someone have a look at his RD-1 framelines/focuspoint. (pic attached)

[sandrini]

hi together,

Can someone help me with my question

I remember that I've already adjusted my rangefinder months ago because it was out of focus little bit.

Yesterday evening I put the 50mm 1.1. Nokton on the RD-1 and have noticed that this "focus spot" (see picture -> light blue square in the middle) is not really in middle on my RD-1.

Now I've no idea if I found something what I didnt noticed before. Maybe thats normal. Have no 2nd RD-1 here to check. However on the Bessa R2 for example this little square is sitting really in the middle).

If I go to infinity the square is at this postion as you can see on the picture below. If I go from INF to 1.1 or 1.2 etc. the square is moving to the left corner.

Is that normal or do I have to adjust something again?



thanks

 

[Lss]

Perfectly normal. The rangefinder patch actually stays in place, the framelines move depending on the focus distance. The patch is quite close to the center of the viewfinder, but it may not be exactly centered.

 

[Lss]

I quickly checked the rangefinder patch and it seems perfectly centered in the viewfinder on mine. Btw, I think your Bessa R2 should also have parallax corrected framelines. At least the R2A and later models have them.

 

[sandrini]

I quickly checked the rangefinder patch and it seems perfectly centered in the viewfinder on mine. Btw, I think your Bessa R2 should also have parallax corrected framelines. At least the R2A and later models have them.

So If you select 50mm on the viewfinder your patch is perfectly centered?
The above picture shows the 50mm range on the RD-1.
The light blue square shows how it should be. (I think)

My patch is always where INF and F.1.2 is.

So basically is something wrong with my ?

 

[LCT]

Those are the framelines which move, not the focus patch.

 

[umcelinho]

nope, it's not perfectly centered. onlt the framelines move according to the distance, for parallax, bu the patch remains in the same place.

 

[Lss]

So If you select 50mm on the viewfinder your patch is perfectly centered?

No, it looks perfectly centered with respect to the whole viewfinder area (more or less, depends on your eye position). However, it is not centered with respect to the framelines. The framelines move when you focus, and the focus patch stays in the center. Your illustration is incorrect in this sense, because it shows the rangefinder patch moving. It's not moving, try it on a tripod and a static background.

So basically is something wrong with my ?

It should be okay.

 

[ulysses.o]

so my fixed patch is exactly where yours is at 50 setting (parallax comp)

your focus patch on the other hand sounds like it's misaligned.

it's super sensitive, i ride a bike and keep the cam in my backpack and am sure that's was messing with my alignment.

Try setting your focus to infinity, then point it at the moon, then adjust the focus patch to center along with the fixed patch again, and shoot.

im doomed to correct this till i get a nicer camera bag. all the sweet ones are over $200!

heard the incase ones aren't bad.