Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ernie I have a new Hexar as of yesterday (in the UK), and whilst I only have two lenses (the 50mm summilux and the 28mm elmarit) I have not had this problem with either of them - perhaps there was a dodgy batch? Brian McCarthy brian@imagespace.co.uk www.imagespace.co.uk > Ernest Nitka wrote: > I have the RF - I don't want to re-kindle the disc about it's merit's or > lack thereof- I had found the same 'focusing past infininty' problem > with all of my Leica lenses - I assumed this was because of a not so > exact match with the true M mount. Well on vacation I bought the Hexar > 28/2.8 and it also focuses past infinity. Yes I do realize that with > all of my lenses that are f/2.0 or slower this will never be a problem. > My question is how difficult is it to get the US distributor/repair > station to fix this problem? Have any on the list sent their RF back to > the repair station ? If so how long did it take, did you have to > contact them first or a blind mailing of the camera acceptable? And once > the camera came back was the rangefinder more or less accurate than > before if all you wanted them to do was correct the ' focus past > infinity' problem - should one forget about this problem and ask for a > regular old RF alignment check? Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > ernie nitka >