ZI infinity focus... error?

[people_atease]

"Just remember my friend had dropped the camera with the lens slightly to the ground, maybe that's the reason why rangefinder fails to perform normally. but it was just a 0.5 m drop from the ground.... "

Just remember? You didnt actually mention it had been dropped in your opening post you were implying it was a quality control issue. I think that changes the whole perspective of the post dont you think, its not really a quality control issue if the camera has been dropped?

it may be a quality control issue, or it may not, or maybe i shouldnt have said anything about quality control.
the little drop didnt come to my mind since it was really a slighty hit, that i really didnt notice it would be the cause. So that's why I have mentioned quality control in the first place.

I am just wondering why a little hit to the lens would cause the problem. I hit my R2 many times, but it just works fine.

 

[Palaeoboy]

"I am just wondering why a little hit to the lens would cause the problem. I hit my R2 many times, but it just works fine."

Every hit is different. You can drop a camera from 6ft and just get a scratch. But then you get another that just hits at the right angle and throws something out of whack. A 50cm drop is still substancial, enough to throw any rangefinder out.

 

[Gman]

OK- this may be totally unrelated to the infinity focus problem, but what exactly does it mean when the rangefinder frame is 'decementing'? I have an M4 that Sherry Krauter CLA'd for me, and also have an M3 that Leica CLA'd and both cameras have this decementing issue.

Could anyone tell me how bad this is? Does it get worse? What can be done to correct this problem?

Help.

Jeff

 

[ZeissFan]

Very unlikely. I know that this kind of problem is frustrating, but Zeiss/Cosina will correct it & you will have a very fine camera back in your hands. No way that the R2 was built to a higher standard than the ZI. don't be discouraged. 🙂

Huck

Having owned both a Bessa-R and Rollei 35 RF (Bessa-R2), I agree with Huck. There is no way that the Bessa is built to a higher standard.

And the fact that the camera was dropped changes the discussion entirely. The distance that it was dropped is less important than what the camera struck: carpeted floor, hard wood floor, cement, dirt, etc., and at what angle.

This is a very important piece of information to omit from the original discussion.

The teenage son of a friend of the family said his digicam wouldn't work correctly. We talked about it for about 15 minutes, and then I asked him, "Did you drop the camera?" And he said he had. That changed the discussion from that point.

When I saw the camera, it had some impact marks. And because it's all electronic, the only diagnosis I could provide was, "I don't know what's wrong with it, and it's likely that you'll never know what's wrong."

You can't drop a camera and expect bad things to not happen.