OLY 35 RC rangefinder alignment

[Pepe]

HI

I recently got into rangefinders over big bulky SLR's as carry-anywhere cameras. I rapidly moved through Canonet 28, Minolta AL-F and Petri 7s to my current model , an Olympus 35RC.

This one at last has most of what I want of a small camera... meter up to ISO 800, manual settings, and very very small.

The only thing wrong with it (I redid the lightseals, to be sure) is the rangefinder.

It's off on the vertical, meaning the patch shows an image a millimeter lower then the VF. I thought I could live with it but it's annoying as hell.

Do I dare open this thing myself or can I do more harm then good ? ( of course using the exploded views by a friendly camera-repair man which are easily found using google )

It also seems possible to recalibrate th emeter by twisting the entire mechanism in the bottom. Has anyone done this to gain a stop ? Is the meter accurate enough for iso 1600 ?

Thanks.

 

[Kim Coxon]

The accuracy of the meter is independant of ISO but depends on the EV value. Providing you stay within the EV range of meter, it should work. There may be a problem at the extreme range if the meter goes outside this range.

Kim

HI

It also seems possible to recalibrate th emeter by twisting the entire mechanism in the bottom. Has anyone done this to gain a stop ? Is the meter accurate enough for iso 1600 ?

Thanks.

 

[Trius]

Pepe: This should help with regard to the RF adjustments.

 

[Pepe]

Those are the exact exploded views I spoke of in my first post. Thanks for your trouble though 😛

And I found the meter's bottom EV on Gandy's Cameraquest... it's seven.

I Guess poking it to get to ISO 1600 is quite useless, then.

 

[Kim Coxon]

As long as you are metering in light levels of EV7 or higher it will work with ISO 1600. However, if you are setting it a higher ISO to meter in lower levels, you won't be able to rely on it.

Kim

Those are the exact exploded views I spoke of in my first post. Thanks for your trouble though 😛

And I found the meter's bottom EV on Gandy's Cameraquest... it's seven.

I Guess poking it to get to ISO 1600 is quite useless, then.