Re: [Leica] Leica M focus

[Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com>]

Gary,

Not much in life is 'sure fire' ;-)

But this post by Sal is a great quick test. Not definitive but if it fails this
then there are likely problems.

http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v18/msg07997.html

And a big thanks to Brian for the archive search engine!

Dennis

Gary Klein wrote:

> (apologies to list re previous html mail)
>
> Do any of you have a sure fire technique of testing focus on a Leica M?  I
> have just gotten back my Leica 90mm from DAG in which he found a couple of
> loose elements and it is slightly sharper, but it seems to focus on things
> in front of what I have focused on.  I suspect my rangefinder is off.  So
> before I call up DAG on Monday, I want to do a test this weekend have some
> film for him to inspect.  I was thinking of using a yardstick and place some
> kind of mark on it.  Make some sort of note where I focused and then compare
> it after the film is developed.