Posted by Carl vogt on January 28, 2001 at 07:30:24:
In Reply to: loose thin metal ring in path of viewfinder posted by Nick Rowan on January 27, 2001 at 18:35:08:Nick,
The thin metal thing you may be seeing in the viewfinder may be the
Automatic Parallax compensator. This thin piece of metal slides up
and down as you adjust the focus, correcting your view to see what
the lens sees. This is supposted to be there and is necessary for
proper functioning of the camera.
You could open the top, remove the two chrome screws on the top of
the rangefinder, just be careful not to bump the mirrors. You
should see the same view as the attached photo. While you have it
open check the battery contacts for corrosion and battery
junk...
Hope this helps
Carl