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I purchased a new Bessa R2A from cameraquest about a week ago and got just got a lens in. It's off a hair, I could tell because I used my iphone zoomed all the way inthe viewfinder and focused to infinity on a crane 15 blocks away, and it's slightly off. Is this acceptable or should I get it repaired? It has a 1 year warranty so it's no big deal but I'm worried if I send it off and get it aligned, just getting mailed it back will knock it out of alignment again. Thoughts?
Why not learn to adjust the alignment yourself and never have to worry about paying someone to do it again?
Because Bessas are particularly horrible to align correctly and an amateur taking his brand new camera to pieces to do so is asking for trouble.
Better that he ascertains whether there really is a problem, and then if there is, return it for one that's good.
... make some test shots on film, at various distances with the aperture wide open ... Examine the negs and any error will be obvious.
You need to try on the moon as you as you vary eye position.
Noel
I examined the negatives and yes, it's slightly off. I contacted CameraQuest about it and he said it'll take 6 weeks. I had no idea it took that long, but oh well. Also, does anyone know if you get a warranty when buying from CameraQuest? in the email I asked to double check and he never answered but I swear I read somewhere they would repair it for free for a year.
That's what I thought, although he said to send my lens to him as well which I also purchased from him. Hopefully it goes well, because 6 weeks is insanely long for this.
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