Knightspirit Posted February 7 Share #41 Posted February 7 Advertisement (gone after registration) Learn to adjust the rangefinder yourself - that is one of the simplest 'repairs" that we can easily do for 0 $ out of pocket. AND - it really does make a big difference! My M11 was off in both directions - so I bought the appropriate little tool, and adjusted it both horizontally and vertically. Now it wrks great and if I ever bump it or drop it, I have the tool in the bag ready to go. My next adventure is to get to the point where I can get into the lenses and clean and adjust myself - that would be awesome. Working on that next... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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anonymoose Posted February 7 Author Share #42 Posted February 7 29 minutes ago, Knightspirit said: Learn to adjust the rangefinder yourself - that is one of the simplest 'repairs" that we can easily do for 0 $ out of pocket. AND - it really does make a big difference! My M11 was off in both directions - so I bought the appropriate little tool, and adjusted it both horizontally and vertically. Now it wrks great and if I ever bump it or drop it, I have the tool in the bag ready to go. My next adventure is to get to the point where I can get into the lenses and clean and adjust myself - that would be awesome. Working on that next... I know how to adjust the horizontal (and will next time), but do you have official instructions or something you can share for the vertical adjustment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted February 7 Author Share #43 Posted February 7 (edited) On 2/4/2025 at 5:37 PM, charlesphoto99 said: Known issue with this lens. I finally had to send the mint used one I got back to Leica. Fine since. I received the replacement lens today. This one is back-focusing at all apertures. The aperture ring is also entirely too easy to rotate. It clicks, but it doesn't take much force to get it out of a detent and spin it. How long does Leica normally take for lens repairs like this? Edited February 7 by anonymoose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightspirit Posted February 8 Share #44 Posted February 8 9 hours ago, anonymoose said: I know how to adjust the horizontal (and will next time), but do you have official instructions or something you can share for the vertical adjustment? The vertical adjustment is the same - it's beneath the red dot. Use a razor blade to pry the red dot off - make the adjustment, and then just press it back on again. You can use some double sided tape if necessary to get it back on there. Easy! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted February 9 Author Share #45 Posted February 9 20 hours ago, Knightspirit said: The vertical adjustment is the same - it's beneath the red dot. Use a razor blade to pry the red dot off - make the adjustment, and then just press it back on again. You can use some double sided tape if necessary to get it back on there. Easy! For the vertical do you actually test rangefinder accuracy while holding it in portrait mode or no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightspirit Posted February 9 Share #46 Posted February 9 (edited) 3 hours ago, anonymoose said: For the vertical do you actually test rangefinder accuracy while holding it in portrait mode or no? Ideally you want to use a 1.4x magnifier to check alignment at infinity for both vertical and horizontal. If you see some difference between different lenses then obviously there are lens issues to be sorted. There are so many factors - lens differences, focus shift at different f stops etc. that what seems to be the best practice is to get it aligned at infinity and then check that the lens you’re using is indeed sharp wide open there. I have to say that I have not had much trouble with any of my 9 lenses being off. Once I got the camera adjusted they all seem pretty accurate…. Edited February 9 by Knightspirit 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted February 9 Share #47 Posted February 9 Advertisement (gone after registration) Are all of those problematic items from same plac?. Like store ? If so, avoid it. I have some idea , expirience what some are doing with their Ms to knockout RF. But stire selling cameras like this is cappy place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyCheng Posted February 9 Share #48 Posted February 9 (edited) Let me tell you a story (no it's not about my dead m11d or file-eating m11). I brought my brand new summilux steel rim remake to Kanto camera in Japan to do a repaint. The technician said they need to CLA it first. I was like, seriously? it's brand new though. "but it's not up to our standards" is the answer I got. And yes, the focus ring is indeed not as smooth as some of my older leica lenses. Oh btw, this is the replacement copy I got from Leica, because my initial steel rim has a wobbly aperture ring issue. Go figure. Edited February 9 by JimmyCheng 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjddd Posted February 10 Share #49 Posted February 10 11 hours ago, JimmyCheng said: 让我给你讲个故事（不，这不是关于我的坏了的 m11d 或文件丢失的 m11）。 我把我全新的 summilux 钢圈重制版带到日本关东相机重新上漆。技术人员说他们需要先对它进行 CLA。我当时想，真的吗？但它是全新的。“但它不符合我们的标准”是我得到的答案。是的，对焦环确实不如我的一些旧款徕卡镜头那么顺滑。 哦，顺便说一句，这是我从徕卡买的替换品，因为我最初的钢圈有光圈环晃动的问题。 去想象吧。 I red your rednote post， insanity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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