Mine, bought new and working perfectly, has both
apertures evenly centered.
--- Parzival Herzog <parz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Another recent ebay purchase: a Varimagni finder,
> LNIB, $102.
>
> The T32 was a disappointment, but that same day the
> varimagni
> arrived, it seemed a compensation, completely
> untouched, but...
>
> I find that the diopter adjustment to see clearly at
> 1.2x magnification
> is quite different from that to see at 2.5x
> magnification, so I have to
> fiddle with the diopter setting when changing
> magnifications. This
> seems odd.
>
> In addition, with the diopter adjustment on the OM4
> at my personal
> optimum (somewhere mid range), the Varimagni, to be
> seen clearly,
> needs to be set at an extreme.
>
> So I took a closer look: At the camera viewfinder
> end, at the 2.5x
> magnification setting, I see a large centered
> aperture, but at the
> 1.2x setting, I see a smaller aperture, distinctly
> off center. The full
> aperture shows, but one side is in contact with the
> viewfinder opening,
> and the other side of the aperture is 25% away from
> the edge of the
> v.f. opening.
>
> Is this normal? Does anyone out there have a known
> working specimen,
> and can check this?
>
> Thanks,
> Parzival
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