Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul and Paula Butzi wrote: > > If I really had some reason to believe > that the rangefinder was out of whack, > I'd stretch out a tape measure for 30 > feet or so, and then expose multiple frames > of various marks on the tape, with the > aperture wide open. > I just completed this very exercise with my M3. It works like a charm. I showed me very clearly that the rangefinder focus point was at the very front fo the depth of field at f4 with at a focus distance of about 10 feet with a 50mm. At least now I'm sure it's not me that's blowing all those frames! One other thing that's helpful (especially if the camera and lens is new and you don't know which to mistrust) is to repeat the exercise with as many lenses as you can. Paul Chefurka