Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wouldn''t shimming the nocti make it not accurate on a film m? Leo On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > > Tina, > > > > I wouldn't recommend it even though I aligned my first M8 this way. You > > are adjusting the rangefinder infinity setting. And while it will make > > all > > your lenses more usable as far as back focus, it will mess up the longer > > lenses at infinity. The adjustment made my 90mm APO Summicron and 135mm > > APO > > Telyt un-useable. My Noctilux and all 50mm lenses and wider were perfect > > though. > > > > Now that I have my 2nd M8, I'm leaving the rangefinder alone and getting > > my two problem lenses fixed. > > Just a warning to be careful. > > > > seems terribly incongruous... > > to correct back focus, we EITHER send out our lenses , OR fix our M8 body > ourselves, > > clearly we are dealing with two quite different things, > > Steve > > > > > > Len > > > > > > On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > > At 09:46 AM 4/20/2008, you wrote: > > > > > > > In every case the DOF shifts away from the camera with the M8. In > > > > other words the lens appears to back focus. T > > > > > > > > Len > > > > > > > > > > There is a long thread on how to fix back focusing on the M8 on the > > > Leica Forum: > > > > > > > > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/13933-new-backfocus-thread-solution.html > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/4n2nko > > > > > > I'm going to try this with the Allen wrench as soon as I can get > > > around to it! > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > Tina Manley > > > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > best, Steve > > > "I never wanted to be famous" > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/186890 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157