Rebel t3i viewfinder is blurry, not the diopter adjustment.

Ok, I own a Rebel t3i. Everytime I look in the viewfinder, it's blurry. However the picture comes out crisp. It isn't the diopter adjusment. Sometimes when I hold the camera up and wiggle it, the viewfinder will be clear for a couple seconds, then it'll go back to being blurry. There aren't any camera shops around me, and I'm in to sports photography and it gets very frustrating having to look at the blurry viewfinder. Hope somebody can help!! Thanks.

Remove your lens and look at (but do not touch) the focus screen. The focus screen is located above the reflex mirror.
The camera is projecting an image onto that screen. The distance from the back of the lens to the reflex mirror and up to the screen is the same as the distance straight through the to the imaging sensor at the back of the camera. So if the focus screen is in place, an image focused on the screen will appear the same way on the sensor when you take the shot.
I'm wondering if something has dislodged your focus screen. It should be snugly in place. You might give your camera a gentle shake when looking inside and see if it moves.
There's a frame that holds the focus screen in place and it's possible it came unhunged. If it did come unhunged, you should avoid touching it as it's easy to smudge it and very hard to clean. Companies that sell replacement screens usually include special tweezers so you can swap screens without actually touching it.
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