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Parallax on Polaroid 440 camera


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I've finally been playing around with my Polaroid 440 camera recently. It takes pretty good pictures -

reasonably sharp, with no light leaks. It's a lot of fun and I've been happy with it. But one problem I have

noticed is that it has major parallax error. The viewfinder is pretty far off. I've noticed that when I frame

something in the viewfinder, I have to tilt the camera up a little bit or otherwise the top part of the subject

will get cut off. Even for subjects that are like 10-15 feet away. It's annoying having to remember to do that

every time I take a picture. Does anyone know if there is any way to adjust the viewfinder? The rangefinder

works fine and the focus is sharp. It's just the viewfinder framing that is way off.

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<p>Hi Chris, I don't know about the 440, but my 100 had the unit inside the flip box get loose. I opened it and recemented. It still is off a small bit, but isn't a problem except when using the 581 close-up attachment. I framed this with the models head at the top and but it still cut off a little bit.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4784592493_5e71b7c7d9.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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