[Leica] Two Questions...

[grdalton at hotmail.com (Gary Dalton)]

Okay... Thanks. Let me look for this screw. It sounds way better than 
sending it off for repair. Now, if I could just "get over" the dent.

> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:08:38 -0800
> From: h_arche@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions...
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> 
> As Vick said, the rangefinder adjustment can be easy - it sounds as if 
> yours is out of vertical alignment, and it's fixed by slightly turning the 
> screw hidden under a cover screw on the front of the top plate above the 
> lens mount. 
> 
> Basically you want to draw a good sized cross-hair on a sheet of white 
> paper, mount the camera on a tripod, focus to get the vertical crosshair 
> sharp, then tweak the adjust screw ever so slightly to get the horizontal 
> crosshair to perfectly overlap itself. I did it with my M2 about 5 years 
> ago.
> 
> I'm sure you can find a more detailed and accurate description of how-to 
> somewhere on the web.
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions...
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 12:38 PM
> > 1.  the dent is only cosmetic.  It can be bumped out, when
> > you get the camera serviced, for example, for the
> > rangefinder alignment.  Replacement is not easy or cheap;
> > you have to find another top.  I've seen them sell for
> > over $200.
> > 
> > 2.  the rangefinder image alignment is supposed to be
> > perfect.  This can be an easy adjustment.
> > 
> > ...Vick
> > 
> > 
> > Gary Dalton wrote:
> > > The M2 I have came with a dent on the top cover to the
> > right of counter where the top and side of the top cover
> > meet. It's ugly. Question: Replace it? Live with it?
> > Have it fixed?
> > > 
> > > Another legacy of the fall it took years ago might be
> > a problem with the rangefinder, but I'm not sure given
> > my very limited experience with rangefinders. Question: As I
> > focus, how are the images in the rangefinder supposed to
> > line up? Perfectly? Or one under the other? (I am not
> > experiencing a perfect line up.)
> > > 
> > > Having said all that, test rolls suggest everything
> > seems to work...   
> > 
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