Focus Check (04390020)

January 29th, 2008

Hexar RF, ZM Biogon 35, Delta 400@250, Tmax Dev

Yep, seems to be working. I had to adjust the RF on one of my Hexars recently. The vertical alignment had drifted off by bit. It’s unclear why this happens on the Hexar, as the vertical adjustment wheel is securely stuck in place with a blob of wax. They do seem to drift, although this is true of nearly any RF. Making the adjustment on the Hexar is fairly easy. Remove a couple of screws, take off one dial, pop the top and bust out your screwdrivers. Instructions - recently updated with better pictures and text from the service manual - are available on the ever helpful rangefinderforum.com. I seem to have hit the near focus on mine, at least with the Biogon. Infinity focus might be a bit off, but it hasn’t shown in photos, yet.

As with any complicated and fragile device, you could break yours by doing this, so do so at your own risk.

2 Responses to “Focus Check (04390020)”

  1. bob koller Says:

    Matt, I like this photograph. I like the tones and shadow detail.

  2. matt Says:

    Thanks, Bob. This is Delta 400 pulled back to 250. I’ve tried this a few times. The look could be called flat, there seems to be a lot of tonal detail across the range. I don’t quite have it dialed in yet. I suspect that going back to 200 might offer a bit more gradation in the highlights.

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