[Leica] Two Questions...

[grdalton at hotmail.com (Gary Dalton)]

Are you still using it?

> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:02:00 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions...
> From: sonc.hegr@gmail.com
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> 
> This one is about  right.
> 
> http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm
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> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman 
> <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote:
> 
> > Gary, screw the dent. If the rangefinder is adjusted and the images are
> > sharp, who cares about cosmetics? Your camera is no collectible either 
> > way.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
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> >
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> >
> >
> > On Jan 24, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Gary Dalton wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Okay... Thanks. Let me look for this screw. It sounds way better than
> >> sending it off for repair. Now, if I could just "get over" the dent.
> >>
> >>  Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:08:38 -0800
> >>> From: h_arche@yahoo.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions...
> >>> To: lug@leica-users.org
> >>>
> >>> As Vick said, the rangefinder adjustment can be easy - it sounds as if
> >>> yours is out of vertical alignment, and it's fixed by slightly turning 
> >>> the
> >>> screw hidden under a cover screw on the front of the top plate above 
> >>> the
> >>> lens mount.
> >>>
> >>> Basically you want to draw a good sized cross-hair on a sheet of white
> >>> paper, mount the camera on a tripod, focus to get the vertical 
> >>> crosshair
> >>> sharp, then tweak the adjust screw ever so slightly to get the 
> >>> horizontal
> >>> crosshair to perfectly overlap itself. I did it with my M2 about 5 
> >>> years
> >>> ago.
> >>>
> >>> I'm sure you can find a more detailed and accurate description of 
> >>> how-to
> >>> somewhere on the web.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions...
> >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> >>>> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 12:38 PM
> >>>> 1.  the dent is only cosmetic.  It can be bumped out, when
> >>>> you get the camera serviced, for example, for the
> >>>> rangefinder alignment.  Replacement is not easy or cheap;
> >>>> you have to find another top.  I've seen them sell for
> >>>> over $200.
> >>>>
> >>>> 2.  the rangefinder image alignment is supposed to be
> >>>> perfect.  This can be an easy adjustment.
> >>>>
> >>>> ...Vick
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Gary Dalton wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> The M2 I have came with a dent on the top cover to the
> >>>>>
> >>>> right of counter where the top and side of the top cover
> >>>> meet. It's ugly. Question: Replace it? Live with it?
> >>>> Have it fixed?
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Another legacy of the fall it took years ago might be
> >>>>>
> >>>> a problem with the rangefinder, but I'm not sure given
> >>>> my very limited experience with rangefinders. Question: As I
> >>>> focus, how are the images in the rangefinder supposed to
> >>>> line up? Perfectly? Or one under the other? (I am not
> >>>> experiencing a perfect line up.)
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Having said all that, test rolls suggest everything
> >>>>>
> >>>> seems to work...
> >>>>
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