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     Tom Midlands, England Rating: N/A |
I should have added that- yes- the three screws that hold the lens capsule in place also hold a lever that connects the lens to the focussing ring. I'll try your method Henry as soon as I've put a roll of film through it. I'm assuming that using the current rangefinder settings that I just adjust the position of the capsule (ie rotate it anti-clockwise) so that the smaller screw holes (there are two sizes of screw holes just to confuse us!) match up to the markings I made with the original capsule/screws in place. Right now I'm getting pretty accurate readings from the rangefinder which pretty much match the distance that the barrel is representing. I'm also assuming that because these units were mass produced, the focus helix is pretty much identical to one another (sods law would probably predict that it's not- but we'll find out!). Thank god that I never had to carry out this operation when I owned Leica's!! Tom |