Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary, screw the dent. If the rangefinder is adjusted and the images are sharp, who cares about cosmetics? Your camera is no collectible either way. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jan 24, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: > > Okay... Thanks. Let me look for this screw. It sounds way better > than sending it off for repair. Now, if I could just "get over" the > dent. > >> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:08:38 -0800 >> From: h_arche@yahoo.com >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions... >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> >> As Vick said, the rangefinder adjustment can be easy - it sounds as >> if yours is out of vertical alignment, and it's fixed by slightly >> turning the screw hidden under a cover screw on the front of the >> top plate above the lens mount. >> >> Basically you want to draw a good sized cross-hair on a sheet of >> white paper, mount the camera on a tripod, focus to get the >> vertical crosshair sharp, then tweak the adjust screw ever so >> slightly to get the horizontal crosshair to perfectly overlap >> itself. I did it with my M2 about 5 years ago. >> >> I'm sure you can find a more detailed and accurate description of >> how-to somewhere on the web. >> >> >> --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >>> From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions... >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 12:38 PM >>> 1. the dent is only cosmetic. It can be bumped out, when >>> you get the camera serviced, for example, for the >>> rangefinder alignment. Replacement is not easy or cheap; >>> you have to find another top. I've seen them sell for >>> over $200. >>> >>> 2. the rangefinder image alignment is supposed to be >>> perfect. This can be an easy adjustment. >>> >>> ...Vick >>> >>> >>> Gary Dalton wrote: >>>> The M2 I have came with a dent on the top cover to the >>> right of counter where the top and side of the top cover >>> meet. It's ugly. Question: Replace it? Live with it? >>> Have it fixed? >>>> >>>> Another legacy of the fall it took years ago might be >>> a problem with the rangefinder, but I'm not sure given >>> my very limited experience with rangefinders. Question: As I >>> focus, how are the images in the rangefinder supposed to >>> line up? Perfectly? Or one under the other? (I am not >>> experiencing a perfect line up.) >>>> >>>> Having said all that, test rolls suggest everything >>> seems to work... >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>> information >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_012009 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information