drmike789 Posted January 19, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) My evf has gone out of focus. Everything else is working fine and images are in focus. Any suggestions what it might be? Thanks in advance, Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted January 19, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2019 Adjust the ocular 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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drmike789 Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted January 19, 2019 Thanks, everyone. How silly do I feel? ☺️ That’s sorted it. I don’t know how it got (un)adjusted and I’d forgotten all about the button. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted January 19, 2019 Share #5 Posted January 19, 2019 ^^^^ Many of us have inadvertently let the adjustment 'slip' … easily done especially when placing a camera into a bag. dunk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
@McLeica Posted January 20, 2019 Share #6 Posted January 20, 2019 We’ve all done it! 🤪 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leica Guy Posted January 20, 2019 Share #7 Posted January 20, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ditto! Guilty. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orguy Posted January 21, 2019 Share #8 Posted January 21, 2019 A nice little trick is to adjust it for yourself in optimal conditions (good target, good light) and then to put a bit of nail polish on the adjuster in the center of the rotation (i.e. 9 o’clock). Then, it’s a no brainer to re-set later, and to always check easily when you get camera. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmy Caution Posted February 20, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 20, 2021 The solution I found was to make an ocular adjustment ring protector: *I take no responsibility for cuts, burns or melted cameras - You are entirely on your own and are operating at your own risk* Requires 40mm 3:1 heat shrink (length: 2 meters shortest I could find at Amazon) A hair dryer with a high enough setting for heat shrink to activate (mine is best on low): Using an Xacto knife-cut a uniform 4mm piece of heat shrink (resulting piece is 4mmx40). To assure an even cut - position the heatshrink clamped between a metal straight edge and 12X5X2 piece of soft wood. NEXT - Focus your ocular to where want it (I use a small watch screw driver (.5mm) between the teeth on the adjuster) not while I'm looking through the ocular getting the focus close +-, +-, until when I look through the ocular the background, menu etc are solidly in focus. Set the camera close-by but out of range of the upcoming 'heat-gun/hair dryer' exhaust which actually should be fairly minimal. The piece of 4mmX40mm heat shrink I loosely draped over a positioning screw on my vice and heated it with a hair-dryer set on low. This is a trial/error process - when the heat shrink protector 'adjustment ring protector' looks a little smaller than the width of the ocular plus adjustment wheel move quickly: Carefully place the 'adjustment ring protector' right edge against the adjustment wheel and push the the adjustment ring protector edges down along the edges of the ocular until you have a snug fit. Check focus. then, using aluminum foil over microfiber cloth, I fashioned a heat shield around the camera body, - top and back mostly - and, aiming the heat away from the glass and over the camera I then warmed the edges of the ocular ring protector to snug it down a little. Shouldn't take more than 30-45 secs -remember heat should be just high enough to cause the heat shrink to 'shrink' Perhaps some enterprising person with a 3D printer or an engineer at Leica could fashion an 'adjustment ring protector' that would be a little thicker etc. So far, it's holding - I have used my QP several times - adjustment ring protector is still attached - ocular still in focus. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 20, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 20, 2021 Just put some chewing gum on. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogman1911 Posted February 20, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 20, 2021 LOL - I always check to see if I turned the lens to manual focus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtoleica Posted February 22, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 22, 2021 or use a 'thumb grip' - it covers the adjuster. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
codocee Posted February 26, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 26, 2021 1in black paper tape- tape after adjustment. No residual Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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