Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder misaligned at infinity?
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 21:02:23 -0800

I asked both Sherry Krauter and Solms about this and they both said that it
should align. They said to send it in, using the passport, and get it fixed.

Jim


At 04:28 PM 3/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>A friend of mine and I were discussing this the other day and I've heard
>others ask the question a few times, so I thought maybe some of you old
>rangefinder hounds could shed some light...
>
>When I set almost any of my M lenses at infinity, the rangefinder shows
>objects at infinity to be just ever so slightly out of alignment.  I mean
>really slightly.  This happens with both of my M6s (one standard, one HM),
>as well as my Mamiya 7 and an old Canon G-III rangefinder I've had for ages.
>My friend's M6 does the same thing.  Is this just normal for rangefinder
>cameras?  And if so, what do you trust for an infinity shot -- the lens set
>at infinity, or backing off the focus just a bit to line up the ghost images
>in the rangefinder patch?
>
>--Jim Laurel
>