pinkarmy
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Bought a J from the market recently.
Lovely little camera.
And i like the facts that it has manual controls but DON'T have a internal light meter--rangefinders with dead meter annoys me.
Light seals are gone, the back cover cannot close tight enough so it does leak. Lens has dust but no scratches. Viewfinder is quite dim.
I can live with all that because i still think it's still far better than to use a Lomo.
Self-timer was stuck, i used a few drops of 95% alcohol (to loose the dust i suppose) and keep "hand-winding" the lever over and over all night, it works again!--not that i recommend this method to more expensive models, the J costs me ~US$11 so i have nothing to lose.
However the rangefinder is so out of adjustment, esp. the vertical alignment. (I also doubt its accuracy)
Info said "On the back a small screw permits adjustment of the rangefinder without opening the body"
Instead of "a small screw" i have a gray plastic "button" which i can take out and find a hole.
Could anybody please tell me how to adjust the rangefinder?
Thanks in advance and pardon my dead-pan English.
Lovely little camera.
And i like the facts that it has manual controls but DON'T have a internal light meter--rangefinders with dead meter annoys me.
Light seals are gone, the back cover cannot close tight enough so it does leak. Lens has dust but no scratches. Viewfinder is quite dim.
I can live with all that because i still think it's still far better than to use a Lomo.
Self-timer was stuck, i used a few drops of 95% alcohol (to loose the dust i suppose) and keep "hand-winding" the lever over and over all night, it works again!--not that i recommend this method to more expensive models, the J costs me ~US$11 so i have nothing to lose.
However the rangefinder is so out of adjustment, esp. the vertical alignment. (I also doubt its accuracy)
Info said "On the back a small screw permits adjustment of the rangefinder without opening the body"
Instead of "a small screw" i have a gray plastic "button" which i can take out and find a hole.
Could anybody please tell me how to adjust the rangefinder?
Thanks in advance and pardon my dead-pan English.
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