Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, The moving parts in the rangefinder which control the focus rotate in a plane parallel to the top deck of the camera. That means horizontally when the body is held in landscape mode. Having said that, having a rangefinder which is out of vertical alignment, IMHO, doesn't help things one bit. It makes it harder to see what you're doing, and it certainly doesn't inspire confidence on some deep psychological level. Barney >>>>> "George" == George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca> writes: >> From the thread on "Wisdom from the Usenet": George> And the Leica rep who admitted misalignment problems was, I believe, George> talking about vertical misalignment that does not affect focusing accuracy. >> -Charlie George> Could someone elaborate on this? Why doesn't vertical misalignment affect George> focusing accuracy? Is it just me, or do others find it more difficult to George> focus the Ms vertically than horizontally? I usually find that for a George> vertical shot, I first focus horizontally, then realign the camera George> vertically for the shot. George> If the vertical alignment were off, and one were focusing vertically, George> then why wouldn't it affect focusing accuracy? I think that I need someone George> to clarify how the rangefinder differs for focusing and for vertical George> alignment. George> -GH