Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6TTL Question
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:51:36 -0700

You cannot adjust your vertical alignment without a $250US special tool 
from Leica. I would just send it in. A year or so ago there were rumors 
of a Leica "fix" for the white out problem but no signs of it yet. The 
M7 has coated viewfinder windows which help somewhat. The M7 windows 
can be fitted to an M6TTL but I do not know if Leica has started to 
sell these as spare parts yet. You can also just put a small bit of 
tape in the center of the finder illumination window. Search the 
archives and FAQs for more solutions:

http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/

http://nemeng.com/leica/

After a while you just sort of get used to it...

John Collier

On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 01:17 PM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com 
wrote:

> I just recently purchased my M-6TTL and it is a great camera, but has a
> minor flaw - the rangefinder image is off in the vertical direction by 
> just
> enough to be an annoyance and make precise focussing on faces etc. a 
> bit
> tricky.  I have read that this can be adjusted by the owner - is this 
> true
> and how can I do it?  If not I guess I will have to reluctantly send 
> it off
> to Leica for adjustment.  I say reluctantly as I do like to use the 
> camera
> and don't want to part with it so soon after the purchase.
>
> Also I have met with the M-6 rangefinder patch white out syndrome - is
> there a fix?  I read Leica was finally coming out with a fix, is this 
> true
> and have they done this yet?

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