Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]a repair person can probably verify, but offhand I'd say some idiot took it apart and put it back together wrong. A 40 mm summicron focuses at infinity on any and all M-cameras. Any difference or non-allignment in the focusing scale because of the different types of cams is VERY small. ctrentelman ogden utah In a message dated 4/27/99 7:06:46 AM, you wrote: >From: "Edmond Kim" <edmondkim@bigfoot.com> >Subject: [Leica] M2 with 40 summicron > >I have a question... I purchased a 40 summicron for Ingrid, and it seems to >be acting weird.. I've been reading on the LUG archive that the 40 should >cam correctly, but I did notice something. The scale goes to around 25 feet >then after is infinity. Objects that are about 25 -100 feet to align >correctly in the rangefinder, but the really distant objects don't align all >the way. Even when set to infinity it doesn't align.. I do notice that if I >"over rotate" the lens when I put it on, the infinity aligns.. >Any ideas?