Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 13.5cm f4.5 Hector?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:38:04 -0600

It literally means "make rays of light parallel". Practically it is to
adjust the length of the optical mount so that the lens focuses correctly.
Mine came back with a 1mm to 2mm shim.

John Collier

> From: "Edward Mortimer" <munkfishy2k@hotmail.com>
> 
>> 
>> I bought mine cheap but then had to have it collimated even though the
>> serial numbers matched. Oh well.
> 
> Collimated? Whats that?
>

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