My fear is that your Rollei may have taken a hit in the past. When I pored over one of my books on buying vintage cameras, the biggest issue with Rolleiflexes seemed to be that you must ensure that the camera's lens and film planes are absolutely parallel, and that buying a camera that has taken a hit is risky. Just yesterday, I saw a Rolleiflex GX on e**y that is being auctioned by B&H Photo. The price is very low because B&H states that their technician cannot get it to focus at any distance. I assumed this to be the same sort of problem, i.e., non-parallel lens/film. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ On 21-Jul-06, at 6:59 PM, steven woody wrote: > hi, > > i found a problem with my 3.5e which i did not noticed when i bought. > when moving the focusing knob back and forth, the two sides of the > lens panel don't move simultaneously, hence can not keep totally > parallel to the camera body, the difference between two sides is about > 1mm. > > i want to know that whether this 1mm unparallelled is a big problem? > and is it possible to repair it by myself? i live in china and don't > believe here local repair stores. > > thanks. > > - > woody > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list