Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Fred, I have to ask but was the chap a Leica tech? It is very easy to put things together slightly off and have the focus/rangefinder coupling affected. I would strongly recommend sending it to Gerry at Kindermann Canada. His work is reasonably priced and done properly with the correct tools. I hope it is not the one I sold you! John Collier > From: Fred Rosenberg <fdr@netidea.com> > > I've been noticing a lot of severe back focusing with my 35 recently > and just put it up to sloppy focusing or advancing old age (mine, not > the lens's). Just ran a little test with several bodies and lenses and, > lo and behold, it's the lens itself that back focuses. It was CLA'd a > few months ago and the repairman says nothing he did would have > contributed to this. It looks like the other 35 I have in terms of > where and how the helical comes to rest and the lens hasn't been dropped > or whacked and doesn't rattle. Anybody have any idea of what's going on > here and what to do about it? > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html