Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Miro, I was kind of surprised by what I saw when I had one of my camera bodies checked out at a Hasselblad clinic: The tech had a small mallet and he'd actually give the camera a tap here or there in order to ensure the lensmount was exactly parallel to the film plate--and mind you, there are no obvious alignments here either. The difference couldn't have been more than infinitessimal but it's nice to see one's gear being "super-tuned"--maybe ask someone to check yours out when you send the camera in for other service. As for your lensmount, I'd either replace it or get it rechromed if it bugs you. Chrome and nickel have been traditionally chosen as much for wear resistance as their beauty, and if you use one of the Leica-branded LTM->M adaptors which has a brass mating surface, you can appreciate how much better chrome plated surfaces wear! So far as I know, titanium is not particularly desireable for these applications. Jeff Segawa no archive Miro Jurcevic wrote: > > The chrome is coming off in huge chunks. > > Can the focal plane be disturbed by minor rotations in the bayonet axis, > given that it is 90 degrees to the distance between film and lense ? > > With six screws, three long and three short, I find it hard to imagine how > to get the boynet more than '30 seconds of a degree, out of tilt. When you > are referring to the pressure plate underneath .... that can be wildly out. > That pressure plate needs to be aligned, but the shapes inside the body are > an easy guide.