Leica M2 rangefinder - vertical adjustment

jseffel

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I trried to adjust the vertical alignment of rangefinder on my Leica M2. I managed to fix my issue but to my surprise I also changed the horizontal adjustment - a lot. Is this normal? I was under the impression that vertical adjustment would not affect the horizontal adjustment but clearly it did. Atleast on my camera.
 

Certain Exposures

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Certain Exposures said:
This thread is years old but I'd like to share that I just adjusted corrected the vertical alignment on a Leica M3 myself. The horizontal alignment did not change.

I made a post about it here.
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It turns out the horizontal alignment was off by a very small but noticeable amount and infinity. I am uncertain if this difference existed before or after the vertical alignment because I didn't have a distant enough reference point available. I adjusted that too and shot some test rolls.

You can eventually see the result here.
 
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