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Subject: [Leica] Two Questions...
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat Jan 24 14:02:05 2009
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This one is about  right.

http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm





On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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...
>>>>
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