Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back when I owned an M4 it seems I was required to make rangefinder alignment adjustments fairly frequently. I have since read that the M4 was purposely built that way, the argument being that the proliferation of Leica dealers and repair persons back then made periodic...annual, for instance..."tweaking" feasible. At any rate, many years ago my local Leica dealer / repairman taught me how to adjust the rangefinder coincidence at infinity...but I don't remember the procedure. I'd like to do the same with my M3 since it's slightly out of whack (the rangefinder travels past infinity very slightly), but don't wish to make matters worse by "fiddling". For that matter, I might be overreacting. The misalignment at infinity may be so small as to make focusing errors imperceptible anyway (I've never had any experience with the incredibly large and precise M3 viewfinder image). Any advice? If rangefinder alignment on the older M-series cameras is user-friendly, how is it done? Many thanks, Craig Boston