Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Now Hexar RF focusing
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:07:13 -0400 (EDT)

So true, Mark.  The original Leicas had pilot holes for calibration of
each lens to each body -- with the Summilux 75 it may have come full
circle.


On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Dante Stella wrote:
> >
> > Rangefinder adjustment is not a failure condition, especially in terms of
> > seaborne transport.  Scads of Bessa-Rs and M6s end up with the same
> > problem, so if people want to call this a quality control problem, it is a
> > misstatement.
> >
> Seems to be part of Rangefinder photographic practice.
> Life was so simple when i just used SLRs!
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
>
> Portland, Oregon
> USA
>
> http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/
>

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