Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/11

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica M focus
From: Ken Wilcox <klw.51@home.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:35:57 -0400

I open the back door and place an old focusing screen on the rails and then 
compare the focus at the film plane with the rangefinder.

Ken Wilcox


At 08:37 AM 08/11/2001, Gary Klein wrote:
>(apologies to list re previous html mail)
>
>Do any of you have a sure fire technique of testing focus on a Leica M?  I
>have just gotten back my Leica 90mm from DAG in which he found a couple of
>loose elements and it is slightly sharper, but it seems to focus on things
>in front of what I have focused on.  I suspect my rangefinder is off.  So
>before I call up DAG on Monday, I want to do a test this weekend have some
>film for him to inspect.  I was thinking of using a yardstick and place some
>kind of mark on it.  Make some sort of note where I focused and then compare
>it after the film is developed.

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Ken Wilcox
klw.51(at)home.com