uhoh7 wrote:
trizor wrote
I'd like to ask M9 users: How often do you guys send your camera in for rangefinder adjustment?
Thanks! I think very few M9s have ever been in for RF adjustment. Of course I do read of folks sending one in, but usually it's the lens. I've banged the H out of mine, it's still perfect. The M240, or so I read, is more tender, having to do with the added EVF. But this would still be unusual.
When there is some other issue, often Leica will check the RF, as a matter of course.
Basically if all your glass is suddenly "out" well, send body to DAG.
All RF cameras need eventually a CLA. But I agree with Charlie that it isn't that often. I've been shooting RF for 4 years and have not needed any RF adjustment so far with my M240, M9, M6 and 3 Zeiss Ikon bodies.
I realize that some guys tend to get more RF problems than others. This can be due to a multitude of small habits, like banging the camera loudly on the table every time you put it down, or hitting the RF arm every time you change lenses. I try to use common sense with my cameras, they are fine mechanical pieces, so while my M is out with me everyday, I am more careful not to bump the camera or the RF arm especially that it doesn't take more time to do that.
By the way, Charlie, the M240 has a stronger more robust RF mechanism that is also more precise than the M9.