Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wish it were mine. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Gary Dalton <grdalton@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> > Alicante, Spain >> > http://www.frozenlight.eu >> > http://www.greatpix.eu >> > http://www.nathanfoto.com >> > >> > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> > >> > >> > >> > 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... >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Leica Users Group. >> >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> >>>> information >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>> >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. >> >> >> >> http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_012009 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live? Hotmail(R)?more than just e-mail. > http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA