Sokol RF configuration

[blacknoise]

Hi there,

I'm trying to calibrate my Sokol Automat's rangefinder. I cant quite work this out. I've played with the eccentric screw that moves the mirror that moves the frames for paralax, and also the small screw under the cover in the film gate, but I can only get it to register 1M at about 2M and infinity comes up as 2M. Also, the exposure display in the finder wont work properly.

Any ideas?

Rob

 

[fanshaw]

Have you taken the top off? The rangefinder on mine didn't work properly and I found that the rangefinder mirror was coming unstuck from the mount.

 

[blacknoise]

I have yeah, do you mean the small moving mirror in the RF, the one for the paralax corection (that projects the frames) or the fixed one that reflects the image from the RF window?

 

[fanshaw]

It was the moving mirror. The reason I mentioned it was that the rangefinder functioned but didn't give the right results. It looks as if you have a different problem.