Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Richard, I can imagine that that's the sort of exchange that'd make my blood pressure go up, too. I thought I'd just say: I had the same problem (tilted framelines) with the CV finder I had a few years ago, when I first bought my ZM 25/2.8 lens. It was terrible: it'd go out of alignment bouncing around in a pouch in my camera bag. A local repairer suggested that the CV finder was easy to get into and fix myself, which it was, but it soon happened again. I replaced it with the Zeiss finder -- same one that you have -- and haven't had any obvious issues with it, though I haven't tested it rigorously and have attributed any tilt since to my, uh, personal inimitable style. Perhaps a local repairer (rather than Zeiss) might be of more use? jv On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > This really p*ssed me off. I am going to buy a Voigtlander finder: > http://www.richardmanphoto.com/blog/?p=3634 > > > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Richard Man <richard at > richardmanphoto.com > >wrote: > > > So I emailed the Zeiss support about the obvious tilt on my 25mm > viewfinder > > *http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20120412-L1010049.jpg > > > > *I lined up the horizontal framelines with a horizontal line and that's > > the picture I get. Needless to say, the framelines on the M9 is accurate. > > > > I even tested it with the 15mm Zeiss VF I have currently and it is fine, > > and there wasn't an issue like that with my older 25mm VF and even the > 21mm > > VF. > > > > **** > > Anyway, the Zeiss support basically says, "too bad, the Zeiss VF is not > > designed to be used with the M9. The VF is not defective, it sucks to be > > you." (not direct quote because I am not suppose to copy and paste > > "confidential conversation." > > > > ???! > > > > Arrgfgggghghhhh > > >