Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: > > At 01:48 PM 10/24/01 -0700, you wrote: > > >Don't set it on the floor of your car in your camera bag or otherwise. > >Some with the airplane overhead. > >Always have a blanket underneath it. > > > >The relentless vibration is relentless! I belive this shakes it out of > >alingment. > > > >Mark Rabiner > > But, Mark, my cameras ride in airplanes all the time and on the floor of > jeeps crossing dry and wet rivers and mountains and on my shoulders > bouncing along on donkeys and I've never had them re-aligned that I know of > - I wouldn't recognize it if they needed it. All of the screws vibrated > out of my Noctilux mount once in a jeep in Honduras, but the rangefinders > still seemed fine. How can you tell if they are misaligned? Should I be > getting them realigned after every trip? I usually just send in my Leicas > after I've dropped them in a river or something. > > Tina > Those are long vibrations Tina! I'm talking short vibrations. Rat tat tat tat tat tat. Not boing........ boing......... boing......... Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html