Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alas, if building a precision camera is stupid then I am afraid it is indeed true. :-) I did briefly note the special tools required and the procedures for bringing it in to tolerance. This is not unusual when dealing with such very fine tolerances. John Collier > From: "Bergman, Mark A." <mabergm@nppd.com> > > The tolerance amounts your discussing (+0.005 mm to -0.01) are extremely > difficult to measure and would require special equipment to do so. I do not > imagine the Leitz engineers are that stupid. You design the parts such that > assembly should be straight forward, not require huge amounts of time with > the very high potential of being out of focus.