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bluenite05
 Post subject: canon 5D mk 1 issue
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:59 am 
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hi guys... I was checking the Canon 5D mk 1 of a friend and we noticed that when you look at the viewfinder the image is a bit blurry but the AF locks and the picture when viewed on the LCD display is clear (also when we checked the picture on the laptop monitor is also clear)...

i've tried cleaning the mirror and the "focusing screen" on top of it but it is still blurry... anything else I should check?

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Your 5D is broke. I will give you two dollars for it :)

Look to the right of the viewfinder for a small wheel that is the diopter adjustment. Turn it to focus the screen as seen through the viewfinder. Each person might have a different setting dependent on their vision.

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P.s. The two dollar offer still stands :)
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timras wrote:
Your 5D is broke. I will give you two dollars for it :)

Look to the right of the viewfinder for a small wheel that is the diopter adjustment. Turn it to focus the screen as seen through the viewfinder. Each person might have a different setting dependent on their vision.

Tim

P.s. The two dollar offer still stands :)


deymmm... that was a quick one... remind me to treat for a coffee next time we meet on an event tim.. you save my friends day.. he bought it 2nd hand without checking on it... now he is happy.. :)
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timras wrote:
Your 5D is broke. I will give you two dollars for it :)


P.s. The two dollar offer still stands :)


FIVE $
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seven!
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$7.01
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I think it might be LCD technology from what, 2005? 2006?
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barronchung wrote:
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gee I didnt know the bidding is still on... hahaha... sorry guys.. got it for a coffee only.. LOLs..j/k
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Lol. I misread

Maybe someone smoked it up?
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@PE

timras got it right... it was just a matter of adjusting the di-opter near the viewfinder.. my friend must have accidentally moved it....
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that shit happens all the time to everyone :lol:
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