Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This one is about right. http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Gary, screw the dent. If the rangefinder is adjusted and the images are > sharp, who cares about cosmetics? Your camera is no collectible either way. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Jan 24, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: > > >> Okay... Thanks. Let me look for this screw. It sounds way better than >> sending it off for repair. Now, if I could just "get over" the dent. >> >> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:08:38 -0800 >>> From: h_arche@yahoo.com >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions... >>> To: lug@leica-users.org >>> >>> As Vick said, the rangefinder adjustment can be easy - it sounds as if >>> yours is out of vertical alignment, and it's fixed by slightly turning >>> the >>> screw hidden under a cover screw on the front of the top plate above the >>> lens mount. >>> >>> Basically you want to draw a good sized cross-hair on a sheet of white >>> paper, mount the camera on a tripod, focus to get the vertical crosshair >>> sharp, then tweak the adjust screw ever so slightly to get the horizontal >>> crosshair to perfectly overlap itself. I did it with my M2 about 5 years >>> ago. >>> >>> I'm sure you can find a more detailed and accurate description of how-to >>> somewhere on the web. >>> >>> >>> --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: >>> >>> From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions... >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 12:38 PM >>>> 1. the dent is only cosmetic. It can be bumped out, when >>>> you get the camera serviced, for example, for the >>>> rangefinder alignment. Replacement is not easy or cheap; >>>> you have to find another top. I've seen them sell for >>>> over $200. >>>> >>>> 2. the rangefinder image alignment is supposed to be >>>> perfect. This can be an easy adjustment. >>>> >>>> ...Vick >>>> >>>> >>>> Gary Dalton wrote: >>>> >>>>> The M2 I have came with a dent on the top cover to the >>>>> >>>> right of counter where the top and side of the top cover >>>> meet. It's ugly. Question: Replace it? Live with it? >>>> Have it fixed? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Another legacy of the fall it took years ago might be >>>>> >>>> a problem with the rangefinder, but I'm not sure given >>>> my very limited experience with rangefinders. Question: As I >>>> focus, how are the images in the rangefinder supposed to >>>> line up? Perfectly? Or one under the other? (I am not >>>> experiencing a perfect line up.) >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Having said all that, test rolls suggest everything >>>>> >>>> seems to work... >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. >> >> http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_012009 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA