Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmm. Leica doesn't publicize this any more, though they did up to the M4. VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, alas, requires that you peel off the red Leica or Leitz plastic sticker on the front of the camera. (M4 owners have a blanking screw here which can be readily removed -- and even more readily lost on the floor, if one is not careful.) Under the plastic sticker, there lives an adjustment screw. HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT is much easier, though it requires that you bend the handle of a screwdriver to allow off-center work. In the middle of the RF cam in the camera body, there can be found an eccentric screw. Turn this to adjust. Sure, sure, I know it sounds like you would have to BE an 'eccentric screwball' to do this -- but it IS easy, the plastic sticker CAN be resealed, and so forth. The M6 generally doesn't get out of adjustment nearly as much as did the M4, as it lacks a lot of the 'adjustable' parts. That is, the mechanism inside the camera is now made up of 'replace when out of spec' parts, where the M4 had everything adjustable. In my experience, the M3 was quite rugged, but the M2 and M4 were plagued with CONSTANT mal-adjustments of something, so it was a good thing these parts were generally owner-adjustable. I used to carry my bent-handle screwdriver with me on a shoot. My M6 has never given me a bit of problem. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!