Rangerfinder issue with Mamiya 7

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The last two days i have been shooting a rangefinder for the first time. The focus is fine on all my shots but i cant shoot closeup. I downloaded the manual and it states that i can shoot from one meter, isn't one meter apx 3.26 feet? My rangefinder wont line up until 5 feet from the subject. Is it defective or should i not worry about it?

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The last two days i have been shooting a rangefinder for the first time. The focus is fine on all my shots but i cant shoot closeup. I downloaded the manual and it states that i can shoot from one meter, isn't one meter apx 3.26 feet? My rangefinder wont line up until 5 feet from the subject. Is it defective or should i not worry about it?

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It is not defective but apparently needs aligning. I have several Mamiya 7II and 7 bodies and the rangefinder on all of them will focus to about three feet with the 65mm lens. And the 7 body looks fairly abused, at least cosmetically.

It seems odd that the alignment on your 7 would be off by that much! Are you sure that you are focusing correctly with the rangefinder.

Sandy
 
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It is not defective but apparently needs aligning. I have several Mamiya 7II and 7 bodies and the rangefinder on all of them will focus to about three feet with the 65mm lens.

It seems odd that the alignment would be off by that much! Are you sure that you are focusing correctly with the rangefinder.

Sandy

I align the images until they are imposed over each other. Do i need a shop to align the rangefinder or can i do it myself?

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Here is something odd! When i rotate the lens to focus closeup the lens stops a little under 2 meters (the scale on the lens). Could my lens be damaged? I cant turn it far enough for the scale to align with the red line at 1 meter. This is my first rangefinder so please excuse me for not having knowledge on this subject.
 

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Focal length? (They don't all focus to the same near distance) Do you have the 150? Its minimum is around 6 feet.
If you have the shorter lenses, then there is a problem in the focus mechanism of the lens rather than your body. It sounds like your rangefinder is aligned correctly.
 
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Focal length? (They don't all focus to the same near distance) Do you have the 150? Its minimum is around 6 feet.
If you have the shorter lenses, then there is a problem in the focus mechanism of the lens rather than your body. It sounds like your rangefinder is aligned correctly.

Its a 65mm lens.
 
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Update! I turned the focus ring about 10 times back and forth and now it focuses fine with the rangefinder at 3 feet. Could this issue have happened because the camera was sitting for 5 years untouched. The lens would not turn any farther than 2 meters but now it perfect. Has anyone ever heard of this happening from a camera sitting for 5 years. Works great now!!!
 

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Also, how cameras are stored can affect lubricants.

Mike,

Can you expand on this, possibly starting a new thread if expansion would high jack this one.

Thanks,

John Powers
 
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