Rangefinder adjustment on Lynx 14

[zdav]

How can you vertically adjust the rangefinder patch on a Lynx 14?

I found this page on adjusting the rangefinder on a Lynx 5000 but the rangefinder assembly on the 14 seems to be different: http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=lynx5000

kind regards,

Staf

 

[tomisimpern]

Hi. My Lynx is at home now, so can't check, but Winifred (who knows a LOT about Lynxes) on the Classic Camera repair Forum, has noted..

"I am currently adjusting the rangefinder on my Lynx14E after swapping the half-silvered mirror. There seem to be two points of adjustment: one screw close to the right (fully silvered) mirror, and one on the left between the viewfinder entry lens and the half silvered mirror. Both affect inf adjustment and linearity, and after playing around with both adjustments for some time it seems that the screw on the right side rather adjusts linearity and the left one the inf focus.

There is also an adjustment on the silvered mirror base for vertical alignment. The small lens inside the viewfinder also can be adjusted vertically."

Hope that helps. Tony

ps. The Lynx 14 is my favourite camera of all time, even more than an F3 - I've now covered the body in snakeskin - that gets some strange looks...

 

[zdav]

hi Tony,

I found the post you're referring to when searching the forum for an answer to my question, but I must say I didn't really understand the description.

As far as I can see, the small lens is held in place with just one screw so I don't understand how I can change its vertical position.

I read unscrewing some of the screws in the rangefinder assembly can make the camera useless (or requires advanced calibration) so I want to be well informed.

 

[j-dogg]

Came here to post that I used this to adjust the parallax on my 14e.

Both of the screws on the left side between the mirrors adjust infinite focus, I believe the farthest one to the left is a fine-tune adjustment. The one next to it is a regular adjustment, anything more than a half a turn does nothing but keep turning the screw.

The small one on the back of the mirror is for vertical adjustment, if you screw it in too far it can permanently throw it out of alignment, some very careful pressure on the mirror itself will set it back into place.

While adjusting it should be noted to move the focus through it's full range several times and keep adjusting until it is consistent.

 

[j-dogg]

Rangefinder adjustment on 14e = infinity shots are all OOF

Rangefinder adjustment on 14e = infinity shots are all OOF

And everything else is too. In the finder the patch and the scene match up perfectly. It also corresponds to the distance scale on the lens.

Infinity shots are all OOF, and everything else is off by about 3 or 4 feet and the longer the distance the longer the gap between in-focus and OOF.

At least my new seals held up and the shutter is good.

 

[jajong]

Probably not so much a matter of the rangefinder being out of alignment, but the lens not "seeing" infinity when your distance scale says it should. The trick here is to check through the lens and adjust the distance scale accordingly. After that you adjust the rangefinder again. Hope this helps.
Cheers, Jan