Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] M3 Short Focus Adjustment
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Sep 23 05:42:14 2006
References: <00fe01c6dc70$10a403b0$0100a8c0@TRASHO> <5EABCAB6-EC07-4C84-B177-FD5473F863CB@shaw.ca> <074c01c6ddeb$0b3c92d0$a400a8c0@kitsch> <5A457BCB-BFEB-49C1-A690-BFC35041A6DA@shaw.ca>

Beautiful photographs on this site. I just wish I understood the  
language on it.
Thanks for pointing out,
Philippe


Op 22-sep-06, om 15:44 heeft John Collier het volgende geschreven:

> There is a site where you can download an M2 manual:
>
> http://leicaclub.net/files/leica_m2_service.pdf
>
>  but rangefinder set-up was with all the special tools and would  
> not be particularly helpful to you. It is not a hard procedure for  
> a tech but it is also easy to screw-up your camera. I would send  
> the camera and lens to a good Leica tech to get the work done.
>
> Actually that is not quite true. I would toss the Hexar lens and  
> get one that works on a Leica body. Cosina/Voitlander make  
> inexpensive good quality normals that work just fine. That way you  
> can add other lenses and more easily sell your camera without  
> lying; both of which you will not be able to do if you go ahead as  
> planned.
>
> John Collier
>
> On 21-Sep-06, at 8:01 PM, Michael Koch-Schulte wrote:
>
>> OK but no one (on-line at least) has really put together a step-by- 
>> step on how to calibrate a camera rangefinder. The link is a good  
>> start but there are a lot of points which could be covered in more  
>> detail. Clear agreed upon definitions of parts involved would be a  
>> good start.
>
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