Rangefinder mis-alignment Hexar RF? Anybody?! in Leica and Rangefinders Posted August 18, 2003 I offer no answer for mis-alignment just more gripes about it. My Konica RF was sent back for alignment problems three weeks after its purchase. Since that point I shot about 5 rolls of film. This camera came with me to Nova Scotia and the bag it was stored in suffered no more than normal bumps. Just simply taking it out of the bag, putting it back in and reasonably tossing the bag into the back seat of the car. I had been using a 21mm lens with its finder mounted on the hot shoe and the camera set to hyperfocal distance. I shot about four or five days like this. Never had I really looked through the camera viewfinder. We went into a coal mine and I needed some flash. When we came out of the mine I just happened to look through the camera's finder and saw nothing! That's correct nothing! It's as though you are simply looking through a solid piece of glass. It will go back for repairs and a nasty-gram to Konica this week. Like others I chose the Konica RF over the Leica for features and convenience. I believe a made a bad decision! Would you agree!? RickM
Rangefinder mis-alignment Hexar RF? Anybody?!
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I offer no answer for mis-alignment just more gripes about it. My Konica RF was sent
back for alignment problems three weeks after its purchase. Since that point I shot
about 5 rolls of film.
This camera came with me to Nova Scotia and the bag it was stored in suffered no
more than normal bumps. Just simply taking it out of the bag, putting it back in and
reasonably tossing the bag into the back seat of the car. I had been using a 21mm
lens with its finder mounted on the hot shoe and the camera set to hyperfocal
distance. I shot about four or five days like this. Never had I really looked through
the camera viewfinder. We went into a coal mine and I needed some flash. When we
came out of the mine I just happened to look through the camera's finder and saw
nothing! That's correct nothing! It's as though you are simply looking through a
solid piece of glass. It will go back for repairs and a nasty-gram to Konica this week.
Like others I chose the Konica RF over the Leica for features and convenience. I
believe a made a bad decision! Would you agree!?
RickM