Sankyo XL-620 supertronic

[Crapgang]

hi all,

i'v purchased this new camera on ebay, but don't know how to use it, do anyone know where i can find the instruction manual online? or at least someone knows what those knobs are for.

also, when i looked thr' the eyepiece, all the images are blurred, even i tried to adjust the focus, i "know" it has changed but the screen is still blurred.

thx for the help

[Skyliner]

Assuming all the lenses are reasonably clean take it outside and set the main lens to infinity (the little 8 on its side)
Then, looking at something a LONG way away unlock and adjust the little eyepiece focuser.
If it still won't sharpen then the camera has a problem.

[Crapgang]

"unlock and adjust the little eyepiece focuser"

where's it locate?

[Skyliner]

I don't have one of these but probably by the eyepiece, a little knob to lock/ unlock the setting is common and either an adjuster next to it or a rotating eyepiece.
Best I can do without it in front of me

[c_77]

Nice camera. I have the 420. Aside from the melting foam on the inside of the film door, which I recommend you very carefully remove, these are wonderful cameras.

Likely your diopter setting is off.

There is a knob on the top right of the control panel on your camera, turn it counterclockwise to unlock.

Set the zoom to maximum telephoto, and your focusing ring to infinity.

Look in your viewfinder at an object at least 500 feet away. Turn the diopter control ring (on the eyepiece) until a vertical object in the distance becomes in focus. That means that the object should no longer be split in the half circle in your viewfinder.

Now lock down your diopter. You're set.

That camera has a bunch of time lapse setting bullshit (whoops, did I call it that?) on the control panel too.

My model doesn't have that.

Have you looked here too?
http://www.kolumbus.fi/puistot/

[Skyliner]

"time lapse setting bulshit" ???
Go back an watch KoyaanisqatsiImmediately [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Crapgang]

"There is a knob on the top right of the control panel on your camera, turn it counterclockwise to unlock.

Turn the diopter control ring (on the eyepiece) until a vertical object in the distance becomes in focus. That means that the object should no longer be split in the half circle in your viewfinder."

Now lock down your diopter. You're set."

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thx for yr help.
but i don't know which knob u r talking about, on the top of the left side, there's an knob for shutting down the eyepiece.

and i can't find the diopter control ring, it seems the eyepiece is fixed.

[c_77]

Yeah I was referring to that top right button labeled lock. That is the one which should unlock the diopter.

Still, I'm looking at a picture of your camera:
http://www.mondofoto.com/cameras/Sankyo_XL620.jpg
That is very strange because, lo and behold I do not see the ring around the eyepiece on this model. Does yours have an eyepiece like this one in the picture? It almost looks like an add-on.

At any rate, I have a hard time accepting that this adjustment would be possible on a cheaper model like mine and not yours. There has to be something we're missing.

[Frank Houiellebecq]

[Crapgang]

hi frank,
thx for yr generous help, but can u e-mail a higer resolution pix to me, the characters just too small to be seen clearly.

btw, do u know how to adjust the diopter ring, i don't think there's such ring on my XL620.