Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My original M6 had an alignment problem at infinity. Solms and Sherry Krauter said that it should align perfectly. My current M6 aligns perfectly with my three lenses, 35/2 (3rd), 50/2 (4th), and 90/2.8 Tele-Elmarit (late). There is a radio tower on a hill, from five to eight miles away (as the crow flies), that I use as a reference. Jim At 10:35 AM 4/15/98 +0200, you wrote: >Actually, I saw the same problem with a Nikon F2 and a 2X teleconverter! >Thib. > > >>Funny...I see the same behavior with all these cameras: >> >>(2) Canon A1 >>Canon FTb >>Mamiya 7 >>Contax S >>(2) Leica M6 >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Alfred Breull [SMTP:puma@hannover.sgh-net.de] >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 10:50 AM >>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] focus at infinity >>> >>> At 08:42 14.04.1998 -0700, Jim Laurel wrote: >>> >lens' infinity stop? You'll notice that when you set any M lens at the >>> >infinity stop, the coincident images in the rangefinder patch are just >>> ever >>> >so slightly off. >>> >>> >>> I've never had it with any screw mount, M, SL, or R body or any screw >>> mount, >>> M, SL or R lens between 21 and 90 mm. There, infintiny is & was infinity. >>> >>> It's different with shutter speeds, they might differ max 10 percent. >>> >>> Alf >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Alfred Breull >>> http://members.aol.com/abreull/index.htm >>> http://members.aol.com/mfformat/c-mf.htm >> >> >