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Originally Posted by Joseph Reid
Hi-
I've been enjoying this thread but I have a 135 2.8 with a problem:
When the focus ring is thrown all the way to infinity, the rangefinder patches never line up. If I take a picture with the focus ring thrown all the way to infinity, items in the far, far distance do appear to be in focus. At the closest range, the rangefinder patches also fail to line up on objects 1.5 meters (or so) away but I can get a sharp image on close items by moving the camera closer or farther from the subject. I sent this to Leica for service and the repair estimate came back at about $800, which is ridiculous.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Or someone who does this sort of work for substantially less?
Thanks
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You have to check your other lenses, if they are ok, then the 135 is out of adjustment. I had some infinity problems with most of my lenses a while ago, primarily with a 50 Summicron, which I later found out was out of adjustment as all my other lenses (35, 90) did ok. Unfortunately I adjusted infinity for the 50 and all the others became problematic. But I managed to get the M8 into the right infinity (using the Allen key on the wheel, very delicately) and when I got the 135 this was the first thing I checked. I was lucky and it is spot on at infinity. Further checking also revealed that it does not have a bit of backfocus as the others all have, so it appears to be my best adjusted lens so far. Welcome to the world of Leica and never ending rangefinder adjustments. However if you get it corrected I am sure that you will like it with the M8.