Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
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When I bought my new M6, I looked at 3 M6's in the store before settling
on mine.
1) store demo - had hair in rangefinder rectangle
2) first and second new units - infinity focus off - focused past infinity
3) final unit - 0.72 non-TTL - focus correct - also coupled
with DR Summicron 50mm - bought this one.
This worried me - did I just have a bad run?
...Vick
Cummer Family wrote:
> Hello Luggers,
> Took my black M6HM TTL into Schmidt in Hong Kong today to get the
> viewfinder adjusted for the *third* time - I am, all will recall I'm sure,
> the LUGGER with the fetish about coincident rangefinder images at infinity
> and it bugs me when the rangefinder goes out of alignment! My two contacts
> at Schmidt, Mr. Tam and Peter Kwok, have both left the company, but I was
> well received by Ernest Chan. I had called him yesterday to tell him I was
> bringing in the M6HM TTL and explained that it was the third time the
> rangefinder needed to be adjusted to produce coincident images at infinity.
> Ernest and I took the camera on to the stair well of the 9th floor of
> Somerset house and he verified that there were indeed two images when the
> lens was focused at infinity. Inside the show room (now moved from the 35th
> floor of Dorset House) Ernest told me that he had spoken with Solms after I
> had called and that they had decided to replace the viewfinder on the
> camera rather than have Hong Kong adjust it again. This meant that I
> couldn't have the camera by Friday when I start my next trip before summer
> vacation, but Ernest reached into the display case and lifted out a demo M6
> TTL 0.72 and said that I could use that for the next month while my camera
> was being repaired! As we were transferring Kameraleader case and my
> Summilux 50 lens, Ernest noticed my LUG soft release (a present from Tom A.
> during the first Hong Kong LUG dinner last year - thank you again Tom). I
> told Ernest about the LUG and how he could subscribe. I think, if he does,
> he will find at least some of our chatter interesting. Anyway, I am
> mightily impressed with Leica's (Schmidt's) customer service and will be
> going away with the chrome M6TTL, my 24 Asph, my 35 Summicron Asph, my old
> Summilux 50, and likely a 90 Elmarit which will all fit snugly in my Domke
> 803 bag. Should be a good summer - back in August.
> Cheers
> Howard.
> PS: Oh yes the rangefinder on the loaner Leica is perfect! :)