Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/13

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Subject: [Leica] Lens woes
From: gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:09:36 +0100
References: <CAF8hL-E7PjgZ03LkENRDAyvj9q+o_n=6KXmqdQhzx2CcpQBE+A@mail.gmail.com>

Richard

Try removing all the heavy stuff on the right of the image to see if it 
evens up.  ;>)

Seriously though, that is VERY disappointing from a Zeiss product 
considering their reputation and prices. Hope you get it sorted.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gwpics.com

On 13 Apr 2012, at 08:04, Richard Man wrote:

> Have a few questions about focus shift and other things, so I put the M9 on
> a tripod and did some testing.
> 
> The good news is that neither the 85/2 Sonnar nor the 75 Summilux 75 shows
> any focus shift at all. Really great news.
> 
> Not so good is that the Zeiss 25 finder I have is severely tilted, as I
> suspect.
> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20120412-L1010049.jpg
> (excuse the mess)
> 
> Photoshop says it's 2.35 degrees off :-(
> 
> I have sent an email to Zeiss inquiring repair. I have used 15, 21, and
> another 25 Zeiss finders before and none has this problem. Sigh.
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> 
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Gerry Walden
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