squirrel$$$bandit
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Got my P today--wonderful shape, except the vertical alignment is off a bit. Does anyone know how to adjust it?
Canon P: Vertical Alignment
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ferider
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Congrats on your new camera.
You have to unscrew the cover ring of the round RF eye from the front.
Behind is a screw around the eye that you can twist slightly for the adjustment.
Roland.
You have to unscrew the cover ring of the round RF eye from the front.
Behind is a screw around the eye that you can twist slightly for the adjustment.
Roland.
squirrel$$$bandit
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Wow, that was fast, thanks!
ferider
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No problem.
Adjusting vertical alignment might affect the horizontal one on the P. Here are better instructions than mine, also including how to align horizontally:
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?CanonP.html~mainFrame
Roland.
Adjusting vertical alignment might affect the horizontal one on the P. Here are better instructions than mine, also including how to align horizontally:
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?CanonP.html~mainFrame
Roland.
It is very easy, Karen Nakamura's site is where I learned about it. You will probably have to re-adjust the horizontal alignment AFTER getting the vertical corrected.
http://www.photoethnography.com/equipment.html
The site uses paged frames, so Click on "Canon P".
http://www.photoethnography.com/equipment.html
The site uses paged frames, so Click on "Canon P".
squirrel$$$bandit
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Weird--I've read that Karen Nakamura page a dozen times and never got that far down.
I adjusted it very easily a few minutes ago--it's perfect now. Not sure if my horizontal is off or not, as the lens I have on it now is a Jupiter-9, which needed shimming on my Bessa w/adapter...so I'll try tomorrow with a lens I know doesn't need a shim, and then readjust the horizontal.
Nice to have a camera where these things are easy to access. The P feels wonderful--I'll take it out shooting for the first time over the weekend.
I adjusted it very easily a few minutes ago--it's perfect now. Not sure if my horizontal is off or not, as the lens I have on it now is a Jupiter-9, which needed shimming on my Bessa w/adapter...so I'll try tomorrow with a lens I know doesn't need a shim, and then readjust the horizontal.
Nice to have a camera where these things are easy to access. The P feels wonderful--I'll take it out shooting for the first time over the weekend.