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Hai
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Username: Hai
Post Number: 8
Registered: 05-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 12:37 pm: | 
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I just bought a Baldamatic III (great camera by the way...). The rangefinder is a bit off. Does someone know how to align it? (Since it's such a nice camera, I don't want to open it before I know what to do...)
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Hovaness
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Username: Hovaness
Post Number: 70
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:05 pm: |
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There is an access port for horizontal alignment at the back of the top cover on the side opposite the viewfinder, but it is difficult to reach the appropriate internal adjustment screw, which is diagonally offset from the port hole. The better approach is to remove the top cover so that you can see what you are adjusting. This will also make the vertical alignment adjustment accessible. Note that the strap lugs are also the bolts that hold the top cover on.
This is a beautiful camera that will reward careful restoration. (Kodak Retina Reflex lenses with rangefinder cams can be adapted to the Deckel shutter of the Baldamatic III.) |
Hai
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Username: Hai
Post Number: 10
Registered: 05-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 12:27 pm: |
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It IS beautiful, so I don't want to scratch it (or not to be able to reassemble it)...
I removed the front rectangular frame (the one for the meter, VF and RF) by unscrewing the 2 small screws on the sides and then I removed the top (by removing the strap lugs). Inside - the diagonal larger screw is for the horizontal alignment and the very small one on top is for vertical? |
Hovaness
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Username: Hovaness
Post Number: 71
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 08:25 am: |
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Place the camera on a tripod and aim it at a high-contrast black and white target, like strips of black tape on a white background. Open the shutter with a locking cable release on the B setting. Focus the camera to produce a sharp image on a ground glass placed at the film plane. Look at the focus target through the viewfinder as you make (small) adjustments to the alignment screws. This will avoid any confusion about which screw controls which axis of rangefinder alignment. |
Hai
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Username: Hai
Post Number: 11
Registered: 05-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 01:17 pm: |
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Thanks! the small screw is for the horizontal alignment and the large one (the one that has access from the back) is for the vertical... |
