Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having just done a good deal of travel with all my Leica gear in a Domke bag, I have to say that I haven't had any rangefinder alignment problems at all. Only time I've had such problems was with an M4-P purchased used. Had it fixed by the dealer, and no more problems. I have dropped my M6s onto hard surfaces, put one through a major auto accident in which the car rolled twice, and still not had alignment problems. As everyone knows, I am not a Leica cheerleader. But I really don't know what everyone is talking about on this one....and wonder how all those Leicas have made it through months of combat photography, etc. etc., without rattling apart? ;-) B. D. Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > Tina, > > I am with Mark here. Maybe your camera bag is well padded, or perhaps you have > simply been lucky. But if you use a Domke or an M-Classic bag or some other > non-padded bag, then vibrations on a plane or in a car can be a real issue. I > usually travel in my Domke and make sure that either the bag is on an empty > seat in the airplance (easy to find these days...) or is on top of something > soft in the overhead bin. Same thing in the car, either on a seat, or if the > seats are all occupied by family units, then on top of something soft in the > trunk. > > And the worst vibrating vehicle I have is my Suzuki GS500E motorcycle which I > ride almost daily. On it, I either carry the Domke satchel over my shoulder, > courier-style, so the it rests on the soft seat behind me, or I put it in my > topcase, but on top of my soft briefcase or a small pillow which I keep in the > garage expressly for that purpose. > > Nathan > > Tina Manley wrote: > > > 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 > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html