Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sorry for the leap there - thought it was a known topic. Using a 2mm hex wrench, you >delicately< adjust the cam roller thing to adjust RF horizontal. I slowly tweaked it until infinity focus was correct. Warning! -- taking a $1 wrench to you $5000 M8 is not to be taken lightly. but.. more info here: http://tinyurl.com/ywga5c Eric On 4/15/07, leo wesson <leowesson@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric, > > What did you adjust? > > leo > > On Apr 15, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Eric Korenman wrote: > > > UPDATE: With a deep breath and as slush fell from the sky (NE weather > > right now), I took a 2mm hex wrench to my M8. > > > > After about 20 minutes of fiddling and 50 or shots of distant street > > signs and close ups of newspaper (!), my Noct appears to focus near > > perfectly. My 35mm and 50mm crons seem to focus just fine as well. > > > > It took the Noct to show me that the M8 was so slightly out of > > adjustment. > > > > Eric > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> > > Date: Apr 15, 2007 9:22 AM > > Subject: Fwd: more M8 Noctilux questions > > To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org> > > > > > > one more try: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> > > Date: Apr 15, 2007 9:21 AM > > Subject: more M8 Noctilux questions > > To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org> > > > > > > I know the M8 and Noctilux don't always get along focus-wise. > > There have been many posts and it seems the common theme is a back > > focus problem. > > > > Here is my tale. > > > > 1) My M8 and lenses (50 & 35) focus perfectly. > > 2) Friend loans me his M6, assorted lenses - 35, 50 and a Noctilux. > > 3) On my M8, the Noct (shot wide open of course) back focuses by 4-5 > > inches in the near and mid fields. At infinity, the M8 + Noct will > > focus slightly past infinity. > > > > 4) Now here is where I get confused: > > The Noct focuses just fine on his M6. Infinity is dead on. > > His other lenses focus perfectly on my M8 AND his M6. > > My lenses seem to focus just fine on his M6 (IE, none focus past > > infinity) > > > > Why does the Noct focus past infinity on my M8 and not the M6 if all > > the other lenses work just fine on BOTH cameras? > > > > a rainy day project in NE, > > Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >