[Leica] m4-p rangefinder adjustment / realignment in Chicago?

[Leicajay at aol.com (Leicajay@aol.com)]

In a message dated 03/26/2004 1:49:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
grduprey@rockwellcollins.com writes:
My employer, Collins Radio used to do it all the time on their Amateur
line.  It is done today all the time  when parts are not available or parts
have gone out of production.  This is very common in industry.

Gene
Agreed, but it presupposes a certain level of compatibility between old and 
new models which Leica rangefinders have a particularly proportion.   Model 
changes with many other camera manufacturers tend to be a bit more radical than 
with Leicas, or else they'd probably do it more also.  There's nothing wrong 
with the practice per-se--except perhaps in the instance of the early-M7 
rangefinder and early MP film dial, where in the former instance people who were 
loyal to Leica and anted up right away were rewarded with a now-stigmatized 
product (look at Rich's FS post today where he makes special mention of the serial # 
of an M7 being "over 285xxxxx") or a bill for $270 to upgrade; and the in 
latter instance where people buying the MP from pictures in brochures are 
rewarded with a filmspeed dial they might possibly need to gaffer-tape to keep it 
from moving.