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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] Attitude (was Received M8 & lenses repaired/adjustedby Solms)
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:52:24 -0500
References: <45E20B87-CC87-4DDF-98F1-23D60A3FC06B@yahoo.co.uk>

Peter, you certainly nailed the focus on the eyes.  Good luck on getting it 
adjusted.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:43 PM
Subject: [Leica] [IMG] Attitude (was Received M8 & lenses 
repaired/adjustedby Solms)


> Trying to find a workaround to my badly front-focusing 90mm Tele- Elmarit, 
> I took a few photos of my daughter and then moved the focus  ring another 
> little turn beyond the correct RF alignment.  I had to do  this for or 
> five times to get it right by chimping.  In this photo my  daughter is 
> giving me her "attitude" look.  Here is the shot, with the  RF focus being 
> about 25cm behind her eyes:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4757457506/sizes/l/
>
> This lens has front-focused since it came back to me from Solms after  an 
> adjustment.  Customer Services there have advised me to send the  lens to 
> Milton Keynes in the UK because I will be in the UK this  August.  I will 
> probably do that if Milton Keynes tell me it is fine  for me to bring the 
> lens there myself and have them do the repair the  same day so I can see 
> it working properly before I take it back.
>
> Happy Independence Day to those who celebrate it!
>
> Peter Cheyne
>
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] [IMG] Attitude (was Received M8 & lenses repaired/adjusted by Solms))