[Leica] Fwd: more M8 Noctilux questions

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Eric,

Good job.

Len


On Apr 15, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Eric Korenman wrote:

> UPDATE: With a deep breath and as slush fell from the sky (NE weather
> right now), I took a 2mm hex wrench to my M8.
>
> After about 20 minutes of fiddling and 50 or shots of distant street
> signs and close ups of newspaper (!), my Noct appears to focus near
> perfectly. My 35mm and 50mm crons seem to focus just fine as well.
>
> It took the Noct to show me that the M8 was so slightly out of  
> adjustment.
>
> Eric
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com>
> Date: Apr 15, 2007 9:22 AM
> Subject: Fwd: more M8 Noctilux questions
> To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org>
>
>
> one more try:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com>
> Date: Apr 15, 2007 9:21 AM
> Subject: more M8 Noctilux questions
> To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org>
>
>
> I know the M8 and Noctilux don't always get along focus-wise.
> There have been many posts and it seems the common theme is a back
> focus problem.
>
> Here is my tale.
>
> 1) My M8 and lenses (50 & 35) focus perfectly.
> 2) Friend loans me his M6, assorted lenses - 35, 50 and a Noctilux.
> 3) On my M8, the Noct (shot wide open of course) back focuses by 4-5
> inches in the near and mid fields. At infinity, the M8 + Noct will
> focus slightly past infinity.
>
> 4) Now here is where I get confused:
> The Noct focuses just fine on his M6. Infinity is dead on.
> His other lenses focus perfectly on my M8 AND his M6.
> My lenses seem to focus just fine on his M6 (IE, none focus past  
> infinity)
>
> Why does the Noct focus past infinity on my M8 and not the M6 if all
> the other lenses work just fine on BOTH cameras?
>
> a rainy day project in NE,
> Eric
>
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