Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/10

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Subject: [Leica] Rangefinder not going to infinity
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:32:46 -0500

Just means the rangefinder needs adjustment. They go out of adjustment
over time or if banged around. Its routine maintenance for a RF camera.

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On 3/10/12 2:22 AM, "Phil Forrest" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote:

>It's a function of it being 2012. Infinity got closer this year.  :)
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>Phil Forrest
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>On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 23:18:37 -0800
>Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
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>> Not the Leica, but one of my XPan. When I focus the lens on infinity
>> (and I tried it with all 3 XPan lens) the rangefinder patch is still
>> "too short." In fact, the patch seems to reach infinity already at
>> ~50 feet out.
>> 
>> The other XPan works OK. Does that mean a CLA is in order?
>> 
>> Thanks
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