Re: [Leica] Walt, you are dead wrong

[Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>]

Jim etc.

THIS is what I asked for....it appears, assuming all Jim's information 
is correct (I'm willing to accept that it is) that my long 
held assumptions are incorrect...based on the date of the 
invoice....

I could be a smartass and say that they STILL screwed up and 
discovered it in '99 :) :) :)
But I won't...hehehehe

I still don't understand why Leica would institute such a change, 
especially including the "dot" (glued on?) but if no other 
information emerges, I'll take this as it stands.

Walt

On
Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Jim Brick wrote:

> >
> >At 01:33 PM 03-11-00 -0600, Walter S Delesandri wrote:
> >[snip]
> >>
> >>I stand by my statement that to adjust  the RF you SHOULD take the top off..
> >>I've done two in two weeks that way....
> >>
> >>Just because someone came up with a kludged tool AFTER THE FACT that 
> >>CAN (?) adjust the RF doesn't mean it was designed that way.....hell, 
> >>I know all kind of ways to cheat on cameras, cars, audio, etc.....but 
> >>then, how could I >PROVE< what engineers were thinking 20 years ago?
> > 
> 
> Well Walt, you are dead wrong. Still and again. I was taught by Leica (Ernst
> Hartmann) how to do it and I have the special LEICA MADE tool, which is a very
> tiny eccentric on the end of a shaft, which fits into a slot. This is under
> the
> red dot. A little fiddly and delicate, but simple.
> 
> Following is part of the invoice for the tool, scanned and OCR'ed so I could
> include it here, purchased from Leica NJ and delivered from Solms:
> 
> LEICA USA
> 156 LUDLOW AVE.
> NORTHVALE, NJ 
>   
> BRICK       6/11/99   ASAP     PREPAID
>  
> ITEM DESCRIPTION
> 150000001279    ADJ. RF M4P,M6
> 
> As you can see, it is the same tool they used on the M4P BEFORE the M6 was
> invented.
> 
> So, let's hear it again... you have to do what to adjust the M4P & M6 RF? This
> is what I was talking about. Bogus information being disseminated on the LUG.
> 
> Jim
> 
>