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Subject: [OM] cameras as lethal weapons; adjusting the viewinder
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 05:24:06 -0800
"The camera/gun does not kill..." -- Susan Sontag

She must never have seen some of Richard Avedon's portraits.


"I recently acquired a XA. Everything seems to work fine. One little thing
bothers me: The viewfinder is quite a bit off, meaning that the picture
taken is shifted downwards compared to the viewfinder frame by about 200f
the image height.

"Is it possible to adjust the viewfinder? Can I do it by myself? Anybody
knows how?"

This error occurs because the viewfinder is tipped backwards, looking "up."
To fix it, get a pair of Vise-Grips and clamp them over the viewfinder. Then
push forward until the viewfinder is properly aligned.


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