Strange m3 calibration issue

[dakotagarrett]

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Hello! New to the forum and I’m reaching out to see if anybody experienced a issue in having.

I recently purchased a m3 and when I was inspecting it I noticed the rangefinder was out of alignment! The guy didn’t seem to know what I was talking about and said all his pictures were coming out fine. Having adjusted a few of my previous cameras I thought no problem.

I put on my dr 5cm aligned the rangefinder and shot a roll, everything came back out of focus. So I triple checked that the rangefinder and lens matched up on all of the distance markers on the lens.

normally I would assume that the problem is with the lens but I think it’s strange that he had been getting in focus results with the rangefinder way out of alignment at infinity.

I would really appreciate any ideas, as I’ve called Leica and there no longer taking in m3s

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[jaapv]

A large number of repair shops will take M3 cameras. 

[dakotagarrett]

Are there any you suggest? I found a few through other forums and they either sent me to Leica USA or were unresponsive, I would love to try and figure this out without having to send it in but that definitely may end up happening.

thanks for the response 

[dakotagarrett]

Ok update

after completing disassembling the lens I found that someone has been in here before and incorrectly placed a washer. After reassembly the lens is focusing to infinite perfectly on my digital camera.