Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/20

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Subject: [Leica] M3 Short Focus Adjustment
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Wed Sep 20 05:44:55 2006
References: <00fe01c6dc70$10a403b0$0100a8c0@TRASHO>

You need to adjust the length of the arm. A general discussion can be  
found here:

http://nemeng.com/leica/034b.shtml

This photo shows the infinity eccentric but you can also see the  
eccentric at the pivot and the two arm travel limit adjustments:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jbcollier_001/album81/m6.jpg.html

John Collier

On 19-Sep-06, at 10:48 PM, Michael Koch-Schulte wrote:

> I shoot on an M3. Use a Hexanon 50/2 exclusively. My finder seems  
> to focus
> shorter than the lens. Can I fix it myself? Is there a GOOD nuts  
> and bolts
> page which can walk me through the real way to adjust the finder.  
> Thx. p.s.
> It's the short focus not the "infinity" adjustment I need.

In reply to: Message from mkochsch at shaw.ca (Michael Koch-Schulte) ([Leica] M3 Short Focus Adjustment)