Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, Welcome to the somewhat opinionated LUG. Some people like the M4P, some dont, but then some people like M5's too. I have several M4P's and as a rule, they have given me less trouble than any other M-camera I have used (it is as troublefree as the M 2). Your 90 brightlines fading can be two things, it can be dirt or misalignment of the masks that indicate the lines. If you use the preview lever are the lines evenly illuminated? If so, it is the arm that "keys" in the lines that is out of whack. It is a quick adjustment by a competent repairman. You can see the small 'tab" that moves the lines into place if you look at the camera lensmount and at approximately the 3/a clock position there is a small tab. This tab transfers the information to the rangefinder via the lens mount bayonet. Occasionally you can have lenses were the bayonet is worn and it doesn't push sufficiently on the tab to move the frames into place. If you look at the lensmount, one of the bayonet flanges has a straight edge to it, this is the one that pushes the tab. You can experiment by putting a piece of tape on this surface and see if the frames pop in more clearly. Tom A