[Leica] 400mm f6.8 Telyt problem

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

I tried a 400mm f6.8 Telyt lens today. The lens was mint as was the  
R8 I tried it on. The problem I had was it would not focus all the  
way to infinity. This was visible in the viewfinder as well as on  
film. I would say the focus was fine up to about 500 meters. Has  
anyone run into this problem? it appears that if the sliding focus  
was allows to come towards the body another 1/8th inch or so it would  
be fine. As neither the lens nor the body were mine I didn't attempt  
any adjustment to the infinity stop.

This lens is very nice otherwise and includes the shoulder brace and  
original instructions in the original box for less then US $600. The  
photos of closer focused objects look pretty sharp.

Len