F-1N prism gasket?

[mark_stephan2]

<p>Just wondering if the New F-1 ever had a gasket around the prism where it attaches to the body? I'm not sure what the tolerance should be but I can slide a piece of paper a good distance into the finder just above the red dot where you attach a lens. I'm checking to make sure I don't have some sort of defect.</p>

[dennis_kushner2]

<p>Answer covered in another forum. No Gasket. </p>

[wolfgang_dreher]

<p>I've got two F-1N, one with the Eye level finder FN and one with the AE finder. There is also a distance between the body and the finder on both cameras and each of them works without complains. So don't worry and enjoy shooting with one of the best FD bodies.</p>

[mark_pierlot]

<p>Mark, I have noticed slight differences between the distances between the viewfinders and bodies of my F-1 and F-1n's (I have one of the former and three of the latter). My two F-1N's, which are of course entirely different bodies, do not exhibit this discrepancy: their finders attach snuggly to the housings on their bodies.</p>

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[chris_waller]

<p>No, that's the way it is. I find that with my F1s, a fair amount of dust gets in and I need to give the surfaces a flick with an antistatic brush at intervals, but other than being a bit of a distraction it's no problem.</p>