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Calibrating your own M lens
- Thread starter edmund
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It depends which lens you are talking about. Some are easy, some hard. Some can be calibrated using a strip of copper tape on the RF cam, others need a a major teardown.
I have calibrated a few. From re-arranging the optics to putting a strip of copper tape on the RF cam.
50/1.1 Nokton, wide-open on the Leica m9:
Back-Focus fixed by putting 1 layer of copper tape on the RF cam, about 0.04mm thickness or so.
This one was the other extreme:
http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f96/summarit-5cm-f1-5-modify-using-f1-5-all-distances-10935/
I have calibrated a few. From re-arranging the optics to putting a strip of copper tape on the RF cam.
50/1.1 Nokton, wide-open on the Leica m9:
Back-Focus fixed by putting 1 layer of copper tape on the RF cam, about 0.04mm thickness or so.
This one was the other extreme:
http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f96/summarit-5cm-f1-5-modify-using-f1-5-all-distances-10935/
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