135 2.8 focus issue

[jreid]

Hi all --
I have a 135 f2.8 M lens (the one with the eyes) that has a focus issue. When the focus ring is thrown all the way to infinity, the rangefinder patches never line up. If I take a picture with the focus ring thrown all the way to infinity, items in the far, far distance do appear to be in focus. At the closest range, the rangefinder patches also fail to line up on objects 1.5 meters (or so) away but I can get a sharp image on close items. I sent this to Leica for service and the repair estimate came back at about $800, which is ridiculous. Does anyone know how to fix this? Or someone who does this sort of work for substantially less?

Thanks

 

[ferider]

Sounds like one of the eyes of your lens (the round one) needs adjustment.
Don at dagcamera does this, but it's pretty straight forward to do yourself
if you have a small screw driver.

The round eye is fixed in the lens "goggles" via three screws that are
plugged with some black seal. Remove the seal, and adjust the three
screws to align the round eye.

Roland.

 

[awilder]

Adjusting the rf function of 135/2.8 goggles is pretty easy as I explained here: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00LXxd.

 

[jreid]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[jreid]

Thanks for the help. This seems to have done the trick. It's stunning that Leica wanted $800 for this adjustment.

 

[awilder]

Glad to help.