M7 rangefinder accuracy

rensomatic

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Hello,
Has anyone made a rangefinder test on a M7? I did last week and found it rather disturbing. Though I improvised with rope and tape, I worked very precise. It turned out far less accurate than I expected it to be. Some don't even seem to be running parallel... What are your findings on this?
Here are the pictures with the three lenses I own. The thin lines go straight through the lines in the viewfinder, the black and white lines on the four edges are 1cm each. The dark black borders is the film (you can see the perforation).
Thanks for your comment!
Rens.

zoekertest.jpg
 
I never noticed anything myself, but I sent a 0.85x M7 to Don Goldberg to have a Noct matched to it, and he adjusted the rangefinder. Recently I had a 0.72x M7 sent to Solms for an optical DX upgrade, and they CLA'd the cam including a rangefinder adjustment. Both of them 2-3 years old. So there you go. I use my cameras but I take reasonable care of them too...
 
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