romualdo Posted November 6, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 6, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm attempting to align my Visoflex I with a IIIg body (the eyepiece sits at an odd angle when the camera is screwed in appropriately) - I know about the two screws & have loosened them, enabling the threaded ring to rotate freely. Are there any alignment marks or do you just adjust by eye +/- spirit level? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted November 6, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) Just by eye. Those screws are a lot of fun to undo aren't they. Luckily I had an angle ground screwdriver for adjusting the RF roller infinity on film M cameras, which worked. I think it is best not to undo the screws too much, so it is still quite stiff to turn the Viso 1 body on the mount. On one of my Viso 1's, someone had adjusted the mount 90º out, so that the mask was in the portrait position, with the camera in landscape. The seller thought it was broken and sold it off cheap. Wilson Edited November 6, 2018 by wlaidlaw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryzet Posted November 6, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 6, 2018 theres a cutout on the camera-flange at the 9 o'clock position that you have to align with the visoflex, which also has a marking 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, harryzet said: theres a cutout on the camera-flange at the 9 o'clock position that you have to align with the visoflex, which also has a marking Found them both & they were in perfect apposition after I initially attempted aligning by eye & a spirit level sitting on top of the visoflex unit Really thought leica would have used some form of aligning marks Don't think I've ever seen that described in any manual etc That's why I love this forum - "collective knowledge" !! Many thanks Harry Edited November 6, 2018 by romualdo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, wlaidlaw said: Just by eye. Those screws are a lot of fun to undo aren't they. Luckily I had an angle ground screwdriver for adjusting the RF roller infinity on film M cameras, which worked. I think it is best not to undo the screws too much, so it is still quite stiff to turn the Viso 1 body on the mount. On one of my Viso 1's, someone had adjusted the mount 90º out, so that the mask was in the portrait position, with the camera in landscape. The seller thought it was broken and sold it off cheap. Wilson That happened to me after I thought I'd adjusted correctly today but it (the mask) was out by 90º - back to readjusting Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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