Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/02

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Subject: [Leica] Focusing problem!
From: mailinglists at holken.net (Arvid Rosen)
Date: Thu Sep 2 13:47:15 2004
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John Black wrote:
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>>You are probably right, but isn't it strange that all lenses exhibit
>>this problem, but it still seems ok at infinity.
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> M cameras have seperate RF adjustments for near, intermediate and far
> (infinity) focus tracking.  It is entirely possible to be aligned at
> infinity but need adjustment on the near focusing mechanism.

Really. I had no idea! That could explain things.
Thanks for letting me know!

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>>By the way, do I dare to put some oil on the range finder coupling arm
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> myself?
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> NO!

Ops.

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>  >Or would that be just stupid.
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> Yes. Send it to DAG or Sherry for a normal CLA and it will be fine for many
> years.
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> JB
> 

Time to find a camera repair shop here in Sweden then.
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