that's why i think mine may be a different model, what with the 3 screws. Is yours in place and working? Maybe it's been lost? Maybe I have an extra one in my box of junk? Who knows? It helps greatly to keep the arm against it's stop on the focus rail. Though I haven't dealt with many of these, the ones I have dealt with had a little booster spring on the shaft, along side the arm. The best camera ever made is the one that YOU enjoy using and produces the image quality that satifies YOU. Lots of other good stuff hidding just like this one. Lets go for a site walk starting at the home page next lets look in the Q&A section, and that hallway has a bunch of doors so lets try Graflex Speed Graphic FAQ, under Features is Hugo Myer Range Finder hidding at the bottom of the list, opening it there is a here highlighted link (weak imo) to the actual adjustment procedure. does anyone out there have a spare kalart *******? i'm pretty sure i didn't do anything wrong so i'm thinking the problem is that the rangefinder design isn't very good, which would explain why you don't see them very often. guess i'll have to buy a separate 1/16th wrench and try again. the lower mirror screw is attached to a cam capable of moving with weight on it and my allen wrench set is easily heavy enough. maybe it would work with a shorter lens.) also, the cam adjustment allen screws are fiendishly placed so that it is impossible to turn them without blocking at least one window while doing so. the instructions say to start by focusing the camera to 3 feet, but my rangefinder arm isn't long enough to stay in position much closer than 4 feet. I'm still struggling with the mirror calibration. there isn't enough spring-tension for the arm to move really positively, in my opinion, but there is no way to adjust tension. Reassembled, the rangefinder works a little better than before but not much. 1 bronze part permanently affixed to a short shaft seemed to turn a bit stiffly but it can't be lubricated without flooding the area with oil, so i left it alone. i was a little concerned that the lighter fluid might leak down into the housing and onto the mirrors but it didn't. one of the springs is free-floating and tends to fly away if you try to work the mechanism without holding your finger over it.) i didn't do this, of course and it took me a while to figure out the proper configuration, but i'm not especially mechanically inclined.) several of the parts seem to have unnecessarily complicated shapes for the functions they actually perform.ĥ) the parts and the housing didn't seem to be gunked up at all but i cleaned everything with lighter fluid and lightly oiled every surface that seemed to contact another one. memorize the positions of the parts just in case (there are only 4 separate parts and 3 springs. if you do this right, the various parts should stay in place so you can see how the whole thing fits together. (note: there may be more than one model of rangefinder, the adjustment instructions i found on this site refers to 1 screw.)Ĥ) with the shaft pointing up, CAREfully work the baseplate away from the rangefinder and over the end of the shaft without pulling the shaft upward. i tried this but couldn't really get past the bushing on the arm to where the oil would do any good, so i took the thing apart.ġ) loosen the 1/16 allen screw on the long arm and work the arm off its shaft.Ģ) remove the 4 screws that hold the rangefinder to the camera body.ģ) remove the 3 screws that secure the baseplate to the rangefinder. Posted: Sun 12:31 pm Post subject: hugo meyer rangefinder "Wyoming - Where everybody is somebody else's weirdo"
HUGO MEYER RANGEFINDER FOCALITE HOW TO
If you have to do it, and succeed, please post back on how to do it. I'm not sure how you take one of those apart. Holding the camera on it's side, rangefinder down, would help the drop run down to the bushing. Try using a tooth pick to place a small drop of light oil on the shaft, as close to the finder as possible. does anyone out there know if it's possible to do this without removing the rangefinder? if so, where does the lube go and what kind should i use? thanks very much for any help.
working it back and forth a million times has helped a little but it really needs lubricating. The long travel arm on my hugo meyer rangefinder is sticky from disuse. Posted: Sat 12:36 pm Post subject: hugo meyer rangefinder Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in
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