Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did a little research today regarding the vertical adjustment question. Called Leica and got the same story as Jim. I'm sure the people in Northvale wonder why the sudden interest in the vertical adjustment screw. I also looked at several M cameras in my possession, to see which ones had the vertical adjustment screw and which ones didn't. I checked my M4-2 and it had the adjusting screw same as the M 3, 2, 4, 5. Next I checked two M4-P's with the old brass non-M6 style top plate. They had the newer style, non-screw adjustable configuration. I then checked two M6 style top plate M4-P's. Same story. I then looked at a cutaway M6, same story again. I studied the new arrangement briefly and do not see how the adjustment can now be performed, even with a new special tool. I have not pulled the top cover off a more recent M6 to see if the design has changed, but my guess is that it has not. This seems to confirm what Walt reported; that Leica changed the design with the M4-P. Leica maintains that the vert. adjustment is still adjustable, but that you must now have a special "recessed" tool to use. Sherry, we need your opinion on this as an independent repair person! As they say, they don't make 'em like they used to. Bill Rosauer