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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: more M8 Noctilux questions
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Sun Apr 15 15:12:19 2007
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DIY pictures here:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rjrose/focus/

Eric

On 4/15/07, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> > >
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> >
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In reply to: Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] more M8 Noctilux questions)
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Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] Fwd: more M8 Noctilux questions)
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