Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A rough check of horizontal alignment can be done by focusing on a point at least two miles away and seeing if everything lines up with the lens set to infinity. To properly set your rangefinder you need to check it at infinity, 10 meters and 1 meter. There are posts in the archives that cover the procedure in detail. John Collier > From: Chris Lee <chrislee@mac.com> > > Today I went to a local shop where I played with the M6. The first (and > only) unit that I picked up had a noticeable vertical alignment problem. > > Now, can there also be horizontal misalignment on an M? (Which I assume will > cause focusing problems.) If so, what is an easy way to spot the problem? I > tried to check by focusing to infinity but there was not enough distance in > the shop to do so. >