[Leica] Focusing problem!

[mailinglists at holken.net (Arvid Rosen)]

Not a bad guess, but I do use glasses and still see these problems. I 
would never be able to focus without them.

Arvid

B. D. Colen wrote:
> Have you considered having your eyes checked? (I am NOT being sarcastic,
> nor am I making a lame attempt at being funny. I have found over the
> years that problems with Leica focusing have invariably been the first
> indicator that I needed a new glasses prescription. )
> 
> Best
> B. D. 
> 
> 
> Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Arvid Rosen
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 1:41 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Focusing problem!
> 
> 
> Hi!
> I have used my father's M4 for a while now. The greatest camera I ever
> used! However, I do get a lot of shots which are back focus. Especially 
> evident when using the tele-elmarit at short ranges. At first I though 
> that this was just my own fault, not paying enough attention when 
> focusing. Well, I now pay a lot of attention when focusing, and still I 
> far too many back focused shots - never too short focus.
> I got tired and set up a home made test target and to my surprise, it 
> seems like the camera focuses about 1-1.5 inches too far away. This is 
> true for all lenses I tried. 35, 50, 90 and 135mm. The strange thing is 
> that the range finder seems to work at infinity, where the two images 
> line up perfectly.
> The small arm that connects the range finder with the lens in the camera
> 
>   seems to get stuck some times. But only for very short periods of 
> time, and it snaps back when I rotate the focus ring on the lens.
> 
> Do anyone know what could be wrong? I bet you all know how annoying it 
> is to see that great portrait coming back, with perfect focus on the 
> person's ear. Crap!
> 
> Thanks
> Arvid
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