pevelg
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I just go a second iiif after needing to return the one I got on KEH. The one from KEH had a sticky shutter, 1/1000 did not work, and I THOUGHT that vertical alignment was off. That is, until I got this new IIIf from photo.net
When I first put the camera to my eye, I was relieved that the VA was perfect. After playing around a bit, I put the camera back to my eye and was shocked that it was off. After a few moments of panic, I realized the VA was changing as the cameras angle changed to my eye. VA was only perfect if my eye was perfectly aligned and only the center had perfect VA, outer edges are off. Now, I do not know if the first IIIf I had acted this way as I returned it prior getting this one. Is this normal behavior? Does me wearing glasses have anything to do with this?
Otherwise, this camera is just great!!! I love the RF window, it is so bright and the magnification is nice. The VF is lackluster compared to M4, so I plan to get an external one since there is no parallel correction anyway.
I got the camera with a Elmar 50/3.5, just love the small size. Know I need to go waste a bunch of film with test shots and then burn up the rest of my Kodachrome before it is too late!!!
When I first put the camera to my eye, I was relieved that the VA was perfect. After playing around a bit, I put the camera back to my eye and was shocked that it was off. After a few moments of panic, I realized the VA was changing as the cameras angle changed to my eye. VA was only perfect if my eye was perfectly aligned and only the center had perfect VA, outer edges are off. Now, I do not know if the first IIIf I had acted this way as I returned it prior getting this one. Is this normal behavior? Does me wearing glasses have anything to do with this?
Otherwise, this camera is just great!!! I love the RF window, it is so bright and the magnification is nice. The VF is lackluster compared to M4, so I plan to get an external one since there is no parallel correction anyway.
I got the camera with a Elmar 50/3.5, just love the small size. Know I need to go waste a bunch of film with test shots and then burn up the rest of my Kodachrome before it is too late!!!