FED 2 viewfinder blurry??

[Ducky]

I just received a FED 2 from Ukraine. The RF, shutter and everything else works fine but the viewfinder is blurry (not foggy). It acts like there should be another lens in there. I took the rear viewer out but it looks fine. Any suggestions.
It's a shooter but I'll need bright light and a contrast subject or I'll have to guestimate range and composition. Bad, bad.
Thanks.
George

 

[Ducky]

I am an ignorant %$#-%$& and embarassed newbie.😡
Thanks, that was the answer to two questions:
1. Blurry viewfinder.
2. What the heck is this lever for.
I'm getting real fond of this group.
George

 

[payasam]

I hadn't touched a screw Leica for well over three decades when I got my IIIc two years back. Its finder drove me nuts and I only narrowly escaped amusing many and cursing myself.

 

[robin a]

Ask and we shall tell.Welcome to the forum,you're gonna love the Fed.......Robin

 

[robin a]

OOOPs,you're not new,my bad.........Robin

 

[Welsh_Italian]

Have you read the article on how to clean the viewfinder and rangefinder on the Fed-2? Sorry if you have - I'm new here and stupid!

It's http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=895 here.

 

[mike goldberg]

Hi George,
The little lever just below the rewind knob is a diopter adjustment. Adjust it to your vision, and tape it down if need be! The Fed-2's window tends to be a bit dark, but the small, round focusing patch is quite good. I keep an external small, good quality viewer on the Fed-2 permanently. Once I have focused the R/F, my eye travels quite naturally and swiftly to the V/F.
Cheer, mike

 

[oscroft]

Did you try to adjust the lever under the rewind knob?

If they'd made the viewfinder so it wasn't blurry in the first place, they wouldn't need that little lever 😀

 

[Luiz Paracampo]

FED 6x7 120film camera

FED 6x7 120film camera

Dear members!

Have anyone ever seen a FED 670?
This camera was described by Bob Shell and one unit sold in E bay in 2004.
We must know thi rarity!!!!
Luiz Paracampo 😎