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     Wonloo Tinkerer Username: Wonloo Post Number: 30 Registered: 07-2010 Rating: N/A |
The following steps should help you bring your Ikoflex focus back to usable condition: 1) if you can easily take the ground glass out, use it (remember to mark which side is up). Otherwise, find a clear plastic case cover of an old CD and cut it into the size of the ground glass. 2) draw a line on the plastic/ground glass and tape it on the film rail with the side that has the line facing the lens. This will be used as the film surface. If you are using the ground glass, draw the line on the inside. 3) put the taking lens back to the lens board. Set the lens of both cameras to the infinity and the aperture of both cameras to the widest. Put the two cameras face to face and alien the axle of both camera lens on the same line. 4) look through the SLR to see if the line on the ground glass lines up in the split screen of the SLR. If is does, you are done. It will help to put a light behind the TLR and a shutter release cable to keep the shutter of the Ikoflex opened in Bulb mode. 5) if the line does not line up then adjust the lens board by unsing the infinity stopper until it does. When done, keep it secured. 6) if you are using the ground glass then put it back to where it should sit. Mount the viewing lens into the tube and adjust the lens until you see the line on the ground glass lines up in the SLR. When done, fasten the black ring on the viewing lens to secure it. 7) that's it! Enjoy your Zeiss! PS. Do not clean the mirror with any alcohol based cleaner. The silver coating is pretty weak. Don't ask how I know. |