M6 Rangefinder Jumped out of Sync.

Steve Karr · 03-13-2009

Hi Everyone,
So I have a M6ttl that was new/old stock ... Yay! So I get it and shoot 15 rolls with a 35 & 90 'cron, 50 DR & a Canon 1.2 (with an adapter.) All is so cool, I just love the Leica look. So today I receive (from eBay) a 135mm 2.8 Elmarit V1. I quickly mount the lens only to find it will not make matched-up images in the viewfinder at infinity. Hmmm... Strange. There is a gap as if I was focusing at 40' or so. So I shoot 15 frames anyway to test.

Then I get to thinking & mount the 90mm 2.0 'cron. Same thing, 35mm same thing, 50's Same thing. Oh geeze.

So it seems I need to get the body calibrated... But could the lens have jacked out the range finder system?
Any help would be great!

I do need a Leice tech in the USA... so who's good? And I guess an answer to if the lens did it... I can send it back.

Thanks for reading all this...

Steve