Alexandra
TPF Noob!
Hi all,
I recently acquired a Voigtlander Bessa R3M with a 40mm nokton lens.
Unfortunately, I was in an accident barely weeks after purchasing it. The camera fell, landing directly on the lens.
The lens is allegedly beyond repair - the optics are perfectly fine, but it got compressed an the focus and aperture rings will barely turn. Repair shop won't take it. So that's one thing.
The camera seemed operational. So I obtained another lens to test it. And it looks like something in the rangefinder mechanism is off-axis. When I focus, the images will align on the horizontal axis, but one image is a couple of degrees above the other.
I haven't brought it to the repair shop yet, because my last experience with them was quite disappointing. (They actually completely lost my lens for over a month before getting it back to me... :thumbdown
Would anyone know if this sounds like something easily repairable?
I have always used SLR's, and this is my first rangefinder, so I don't know much yet...
Thanks!
Alex
I recently acquired a Voigtlander Bessa R3M with a 40mm nokton lens.
Unfortunately, I was in an accident barely weeks after purchasing it. The camera fell, landing directly on the lens.
The lens is allegedly beyond repair - the optics are perfectly fine, but it got compressed an the focus and aperture rings will barely turn. Repair shop won't take it. So that's one thing.
The camera seemed operational. So I obtained another lens to test it. And it looks like something in the rangefinder mechanism is off-axis. When I focus, the images will align on the horizontal axis, but one image is a couple of degrees above the other.
I haven't brought it to the repair shop yet, because my last experience with them was quite disappointing. (They actually completely lost my lens for over a month before getting it back to me... :thumbdown
Would anyone know if this sounds like something easily repairable?
I have always used SLR's, and this is my first rangefinder, so I don't know much yet...
Thanks!
Alex