WAC wrote in message <63qb6m$j7b$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu>...

> I remove the DE-3, Nikon view finder, lock the mirror up and notice that
>the mirror is not level. It is an angle. The camera repair man says it is
>the way the mirror is but I don't think so. Could you please verify this
>thing for me?

This sounds wrong, but you can check it easily. Use a 50-135mm
prime (not zoom, since these are commonly misaligned...), focus
carefully on a distant contrasty detailed subject in the middle of the
frame. See if the same focus holds in all four corners (or at least if
those are all the same) and at opposite sides of the frame. If not,
try another lens. If alignment is still off, the mirror alignment is
almost certainly off (and, BTW, so may be correct infinity-focus).
BTW, you can more easily check the visual mirror alignment by
looking in from the front at the mirror edge with the lens off and
the mirror locked up.

>One more thing, I compare the F3 view finder and of the FM2. I see a high
>reflection from the F3 but completely dark in FM2. Is there anything wrong
>with that?

??? - Not sure what you mean, though the F3 HP eyepiece is much
larger than the one on the FM, and so can admit more light from the rear...
Hope This Helps
David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether