bpalme Posted December 8, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted December 8, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) After receiving a new one out of alignment it makes me wonder. I had an M8 for most of this year and never had a problem. I carried it around in a bag with very little protection so it got banged around a little but always seemed spot on. I was reading on Steve Huff that he seems to have issues occasionally. Â I read somewhere people get them adjusted every few years. So for the folks that have been around Leica a while any comments? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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archi4 Posted December 8, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted December 8, 2011 I had an M6 for many years, never had to readjust always spot on. Same with MP M8's both needed adjustment when new, after that spot on until I got M9. M9 needed adjustment out of the box (both of them) since then have not varied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 8, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted December 8, 2011 Same here, never needed to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted December 8, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted December 8, 2011 I've got a Zeiss Ikon, M7, M8 and M9 - two of them used, two of them new. Â Never had the RF adjusted in any of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted December 8, 2011 Share #5  Posted December 8, 2011 Once on my M3 after a year then never again in 40 years, once on my M6ttl after 2 years, but in both cases because of knocks. Should be no reason to need adjustment in normal use, nothing is wearing significantly  Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted December 8, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted December 8, 2011 If it ain't broke don't plan to fix it. Many Leica M's, and only twice in thirty years have I needed a camera adjusting, and that was the same camera an M3. Â Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted December 8, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted December 8, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Never needed to. M2, M5, M6, M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert blu Posted December 8, 2011 Share #8 Â Posted December 8, 2011 I'm very surprised reading these. I have an m7 since 4 years more or less and the RF needed to be adjusted 5 or 6 times. Did not work longer when adjusted in Solms. A few friends I know have similar need, let say more or less once a year. I use the camera in a normal way, not babying her (it?) but not in a rough way. robert PS: not sure if m7 RF is different than others, or if the 0.58 is. The technicien says 0.58 only differs because of lens inside. Sorry to have a different opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 9, 2011 Share #9 Â Posted December 9, 2011 Only after serious knocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 9, 2011 Share #10 Â Posted December 9, 2011 For the record my experience is based on my lllf and M2. Neither have needed any adjustment, and both have been used and even knocked about to a degree. Â I can't see why a rangefinder would need adjustment unless it wasn't right to begin with, or the camera took a serious knock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted December 9, 2011 Share #11 Â Posted December 9, 2011 I've had my M4 since new in 1968. Rangefinder was perfect until a year ago when it was messed up during a CLA. After the original tech couldn't get it right I sent it to DAG and it's been fine since. My M6 has been perfect since new in about 1985. My M9 hasn't changed in the year+ that I've had it. (It seems slightly different than the others, but not enough to mess with.) The more things are adjusted the greater the chance things loosen-up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpalme Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share #12 Â Posted December 9, 2011 I'm glad most people have had good luck. I hope I get my M9 back for the holidays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted December 9, 2011 Share #13 Â Posted December 9, 2011 Never had to.............yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted December 10, 2011 Share #14 Â Posted December 10, 2011 My 90 Elmarit-M is at Leica NJ right now getting 6-bit coded, and I sent my M9-P along as well for a rangefinder adjustment. After testing the camera with 2 different 90 Elmarit-M lenses (nice to have friends with similar kit), using a tripod, and photographing targets at different distances and different apertures I felt the rangefinder was not spot on, and Leica NJ offered to check it while performing the upgrade to the lens. Â Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted December 10, 2011 Share #15 Â Posted December 10, 2011 Only after serious knocks. Â I took a hard fall once that sent my MP flying thru the air and tumbling ass over teakettle when it landed on the concrete (fortunately it was in a buttoned up Domke camera bag). I was pretty beat up and expected the same of my MP but when I retrieved it I could see no external damage. Â My next thought was that the rangefinder had to be way out of spec. I did some test shots and they were tack sharp, just as they were before the mishap. I was truly impressed. Â This incident renewed my faith in my MP - and doubly so in my Domke bag! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurometallo Posted December 10, 2011 Share #16 Â Posted December 10, 2011 Never had to adjust the rangefinder... My camera was bought brand new in the early 80s and never had a problem... I sent it to Solms in 2007 for CLA and the MP finder upgrade. No problems again until today... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christer Posted December 10, 2011 Share #17  Posted December 10, 2011 How often do you get your rangefinder adjusted?  When needed. No sooner, no later.  When is it needed? Do a simple test yourself  When you feel the things you focus on are out of focus, then you should check if this is just your gut feeling or if your lens/camera combo does not focus correctly. It is not difficult to check rangefinder focusing accuracy yourself, but you need to be careful when carrying out the test. With a digital M it should be really easy.  Remember that if you photograph a yard stick at 45°, then the front/back focus distance is not the number of inches/cm shown on the yard stick but the number divided by 1.4 (roughly). To do this test you need to put the camera on a tripod and use large apertures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Negative Posted December 10, 2011 Share #18 Â Posted December 10, 2011 My 90 Elmarit-M is at Leica NJ right now getting 6-bit coded, and I sent my M9-P along as well for a rangefinder adjustment. After testing the camera with 2 different 90 Elmarit-M lenses (nice to have friends with similar kit), using a tripod, and photographing targets at different distances and different apertures I felt the rangefinder was not spot on, and Leica NJ offered to check it while performing the upgrade to the lens. Â Ahh, nice - I'm thinking about having my own 90 Elmarit-M done. And it doesn't get much closer than Jersey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 12, 2011 Share #19 Â Posted December 12, 2011 M2, M7, MP currently, M6s, M4s M2s in the past. Never in over 20 years. Â Regards, Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 12, 2011 Share #20 Â Posted December 12, 2011 Nine M bodies going back to 1970 (M4s, M7s, M9) and none have ever needed finder adjustments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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