Help!!! Qn about Bessa R2a

[trev2401]

Greetings to all...

I just acquired an R2a, and was wondering if this is normal.

THe split image focusing screen is NOT in the center of the viewfinder.

Instead, it's perhaps 5degrees off to the left of the center.

I've heard things of misaligned focusing indicators... could this be one of them? or is this the norm? Thanks


Regards

 

[dcsang]

Trev,

Have you shot any photos with the camera yet?
I have an R3A and I always think that the split image screen is tilted a bit but my photos seem to be ok so I have a sneaking suspicion that it's just my mind playing tricks on me..

I'm not saying this is the case with your R2A but if you have gotten photos back that are definitely out of focus then I would say get the R2A looked at.

Dave

 

[iMacfan]

It depends if you have a lens mounted or not - Because both the parallax corrected framelines and the RF patch move with focussing. Without a lens mounted, the RF cam has nothing pushing against it, so thinks that you are taking an ultra macro pic, so the frame correction is maximal and so is the deviation of the RF patch from the center.

David

 

[trev2401]

Thanks to all that have replied..

Unfortunately, i'm a starving college student, and have yet to acquire a lens for this beauty... I'll borrow a friend's 45 to try it out and will keep everyone updated.

For now, it is indeed troubling to see it tilted to the side..

But other than that, this camera's a BEAUTY!!!

😀

 

[jlw]

Greetings to all...

I just acquired an R2a, and was wondering if this is normal.

THe split image focusing screen is NOT in the center of the viewfinder.

Instead, it's perhaps 5degrees off to the left of the center.

I've heard things of misaligned focusing indicators... could this be one of them? or is this the norm? Thanks


Regards

Can't be sure, but I'll bet the answer is...Yes, this is normal when you don't have a lens on the camera.

Probably, what you're actually seeing is NOT that the rangefinder spot is off-center with respect to the edges of the viewfinder -- it's off-center with respect to the bright framelines. (The framelines are much easier to see than the edges, so they're what your eye tends to notice.)

The framelines move diagonally to compensate for parallax -- and when you don't have a lens on the camera, they move down and to the right to their close-focusing position. This makes the rangefinder spot look off-center.

 

[aizan]

a 45? like a contax 45?

 

[trev2401]

Thank you everyone, for the prompt answers and replies..

This forum ROCKS!!!!!! 😀

Oh yeah, regarding the lens, i'm sorry, it's not a 45, it's a heliar 75mm 2.5 (i think)..