Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually Jim I would too. You are of course right. In theory, all you should have to do is expose the hole ind insert your tool. However, because of the cheap and crummy way those new Ms are made adjusting the vertical can also throw off the focus. If you are a nitpicker you may need to readjust the focus which can throw off the vertical again. Not only is this an annoyance, it also represents the binding tie between new Ms and old Philcos. See Ya Javier Jim Brick wrote: > At 11:27 PM 11/3/00 -0600, Mark Rutledge wrote: > >I'm going with Walt on this one. He has worked on more Leica's than most > >will see in our lifetimes. He just adjusted my M6 and showed me why it was > >preferable to remove the top plate. The adjustment is glued in place. I'm > >sure you could stick a tool in that little hole and adjust it, but hell you > >can drive a screw w/ a hammer too. > > > >Mark Rutledge > > Walt can do it however he wants. But Solms makes the tool and does it as I > outlined. Through the hole under the red dot. That's the ONLY reason there > is a hole there. > > The reason someone would go to the trouble to take a camera apart > unnecessarily is because they simply are not informed. I suspect Walt is > the only person in existence that would take an M camera apart to adjust > the RF when the tool and means were developed expressly for that purpose, > by Solms, with the M4P and M6. > > Sort of like taking the engine apart when all you want to do is adjust the > carburetor. > > My gawd... why is this simple fact so difficult for anybody to see. > > Hello!!! > > Jim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com