Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Elmarit 135
From: Lucian Chis <chis@ece.orst.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 12:07:31 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Chuck,

You obviously need the rangefinder adjusted; the vertical missalignment is
fairly common. Your lens has nothing to do with it!!!!! Haven't you
noticed it at other focal lengths? It is always there!
Cheers,

Lucian


On Tue, 2 May 2000, Chuck Peacock & Pauline Averbach wrote:

> I recently picked up a 135mm Elmarit f/2.8 (M-Mount) and while the focusing
> is quite accurate, it's annoying as the images don't align properly in the
> vertical (non-focusing) direction.  The misalignment is about 1/4 the size
> of the focusing spot so you pretty much have to use it as a split image
> rather than the (to me) more convenient coincident image.
> 
> Is this common with these lenses?  Is it something that can be fixed?
> 
> Any comments welcome.
> 
> Chuck Peacock
> 
>