Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is an alternative, if this happens often. One of the LUG members adjusted my vertical rangefinder alignment. It involved removing the red dot, which is just held on with a kind of rubber cement. He removed it by rotating it with a couple of improvised wooden tools, toothpicks, I think, the concept being that if they slipped, they wouldn't scratch the camera. He also remarked that if the red dot was mangled in any way, Leica would send out a replacement for free. He then proceeded to adjust the alignment through a small hole that the red dot had covered. This was done with a special steel tool, a thin steel rod with a kink at the end similar to a cartoonists concept of the kink at the end of a Siamese cat's tail. The downside to all this, other than it was ten or fifteen minutes of trial and error, is that the tool had to be purchased from Leica in Germany, and the price was something like $250 plus shipping. In my case, the red dot stuck firmly back, unharmed. Herb - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204 Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on your computer! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html