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Subject: [Leica] Two Questions...
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun Jan 25 20:35:09 2009
References: <BLU0-SMTP966AE003A6D324D258A8E38CCC0@phx.gbl> <689287.60505.qm@web55902.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <BLU146-W90F5853AB9CB076D93BBAC6CC0@phx.gbl> <BCDA8542-1574-41CF-80B3-B413F2EBB976@frozenlight.eu> <a3f189160901241402g23e09898o82837081c41b3f76@mail.gmail.com> <BLU146-W445E09D7954C3B16445310C6CD0@phx.gbl>

I wish it were mine.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Gary Dalton <grdalton@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Are you still using it?
>
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:02:00 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions...
>> From: sonc.hegr@gmail.com
>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>>
>> This one is about  right.
>>
>> http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman 
>> <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>>
>> > 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...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
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>> >>>> information
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>
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>> >
>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://www.sonc.com
>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> USA
>>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA


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