Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Characterizing rangefinder mis-alignment
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:01:29 -0400

John:

You are probably seeing proper alignment.  To set infinity, you must pick
something a km or so away.  Pick a distant light at night or a tower.

Regards,

Robert

At 02:47 PM 1/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>When rangefinder mis-alignments come up in LUG discussions distinctions are
>generally made between horizontal alignment and vertical alignment.
>
>In my instance, when I attempt to focus my M6 on, e.g., a distant telephone
>pole, at infinity focus, the viewfinder shows two telephone poles.  I have
>the feeling that if I could just turn the focus a hair more the two would
>merge into one.
>
>Am I seeing vertical or horizontal mis-alignment?
>
>Thanks!
>
>John Haugaard
>Decatur, Georgia
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