Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its amazing how after a few rolls of film you can get used to at thing like a dent. It just makes it your camera. You may be sorry to see it go. In this case it seems to not be affecting the camera as vertical alignment is a really if Leica M use I have mini screw drivers in the bags I normally use for my M's. Mark William Rabiner > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:11:50 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Questions... > > Gary, screw the dent. If the rangefinder is adjusted and the images > are sharp, who cares about cosmetics? Your camera is no collectible > either way. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Jan 24, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: > >> >> 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... >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Windows Live?: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. >> http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_01200>> 9 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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