To prevent your Leica M6 becoming one of those exceptions, you need the right tools for the job. If you, like me, took apart every piece of equipment, you got for christmas since you were a child AND were able, to assemble it back to working order, the few exceptions now and then included, this documentation might be for you. I do these things for my own pleasure and curiosity in technical and mechanical applications. I might get dirty and add a few details regarding the vertical alignment too as soon, as my M6 shows first signs of being off vertically. This documentation deals with the horizontal alignment only. There are 2 possible directions of misalignments - horizontal and vertical. out of focus photographs easiest seen at wide open apertures after perfect aligned focus, while taking the picture “overlapping” of the rangefinder patch at known distance settings after focussing (a very far away target at the mechanical infinity stop of the lens is easiest to test)

Further looking into this issue showed a slight misalignment of the rangefinder focus patch according to the infinity stop and lens markings.

Having just acquired a used Leica M6 with 50mm Summilux lens, I found after viewing the first prints, that focus was off ever so slightly. This documentation is about making basic adjustments on your Leica M6 rangefinder in 5 easy steps with the minimal equipment and costs involved. So as we cleared the formal things, let’s move directly to the interesting part. If you have the slightest uncertainty about the described procedures or working on your equipment by yourself, stop reading here and move along to meet your Leica dealer of choice, who will have your camera shipped for service to Leica, which will result in the best possible adjustment for your camera. I can not be held liable for possible damage, you might cause, by working on your equipment. When you work on your equipment by yourself, you do this at your own risk. Before we start, one word of caution, you must read and understand as my legal representative urged, to have provided:ĭisclaimer: The documentation, provided by me does only report the steps and procedures, I undertake at my risk on my property. A fter some time of writing these pages, I am pleased, to provide the very first documentation, that should help people, who are less adventurous and do seek for information on technical matters beyond the manufacturers manuals.

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