Rifle Scopes got my new 1600 leica need help though
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Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
Seems to be a common problem. I received mine today also with no instructions. Having not owned a leica rangefinder previously I have no background on operation. Also how do you select you ballistic # when you have no idea what they are. Leica's website has nothing either.
Seems to be a common problem. I received mine today also with no instructions. Having not owned a leica rangefinder previously I have no background on operation. Also how do you select you ballistic # when you have no idea what they are. Leica's website has nothing either.
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
It was also a bit surprising to see 'Made in Portugal' on the front. I guess even the Germans are out-sourcing!
It was also a bit surprising to see 'Made in Portugal' on the front. I guess even the Germans are out-sourcing!
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tjonh2001</div><div class="ubbcode-body">got my new leica but it didnt come with a owners manual. i am wondering if anyone that received there rangfinder could look in there manual, and tell me how to change mine from meters to yards. </div></div>
I assumed you bought it in metres OR yards, like the older versions all were?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tjonh2001</div><div class="ubbcode-body">got my new leica but it didnt come with a owners manual. i am wondering if anyone that received there rangfinder could look in there manual, and tell me how to change mine from meters to yards. </div></div>
I assumed you bought it in metres OR yards, like the older versions all were?
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
http://us.leica-camera.com/service/downl...1200/index.html
this is the only link i could find for you
pretty crappy that they didn't include a manual , and their website doesn't have one either
i have a leica 1200 , it switches from meters to yards, under the battery cap area
http://us.leica-camera.com/service/downl...1200/index.html
this is the only link i could find for you
pretty crappy that they didn't include a manual , and their website doesn't have one either
i have a leica 1200 , it switches from meters to yards, under the battery cap area
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
I found download instruction manuals for the CRF-1200 but the CRF-1600 is not available on Leica's web site. I'd email them and ask for a paper copy. If the instructions exist, by law they must provide them. I feel certain that a manual will be made available on line soon.
I found download instruction manuals for the CRF-1200 but the CRF-1600 is not available on Leica's web site. I'd email them and ask for a paper copy. If the instructions exist, by law they must provide them. I feel certain that a manual will be made available on line soon.
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
My 1200 was selectable as well,
I am curious to hear how these compare to the Swaro. Interested in distance at which it will CONSISTENTLY lase a deer sized target as well as reflective targets.
My 1200 was selectable as well,
I am curious to hear how these compare to the Swaro. Interested in distance at which it will CONSISTENTLY lase a deer sized target as well as reflective targets.
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
you can change between meters and yards. i have figured this thing out and its sweet. ive been compairing it to my swaro and i think leica got it right.
leica has the manuals on order and they will be getting shipped. call leica and give info and they will send you a manual.
you can change between meters and yards. i have figured this thing out and its sweet. ive been compairing it to my swaro and i think leica got it right.
leica has the manuals on order and they will be getting shipped. call leica and give info and they will send you a manual.
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
"you can change between meters and yards. i have figured this thing out and its sweet. ive been compairing it to my swaro and i think leica got it right."
Would you like to share your findings with others that are reading this thread?
"you can change between meters and yards. i have figured this thing out and its sweet. ive been compairing it to my swaro and i think leica got it right."
Would you like to share your findings with others that are reading this thread?
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
I have a CRF1600 manual in PDF format I can send. Email me at [email protected] and I will forward it to you.
Brady
SWFA
I have a CRF1600 manual in PDF format I can send. Email me at [email protected] and I will forward it to you.
Brady
SWFA
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
Yes, how do you switch from yards tgo meters on the 1200?
Yes, how do you switch from yards tgo meters on the 1200?
Re: got my new 1600 leica need help though
Leica has a .pdf file they are sending to anyone who needs one.
They will mail the hard copy once they receive the books from Germany.
I had figured it out last night, but it's nice to have the written instructions. As others have noted, it looks like the ballistic feature isn't that useful.
It is, however, a nice compact range finder.
Leica has a .pdf file they are sending to anyone who needs one.
They will mail the hard copy once they receive the books from Germany.
I had figured it out last night, but it's nice to have the written instructions. As others have noted, it looks like the ballistic feature isn't that useful.
It is, however, a nice compact range finder.
Leica Camera AG - Downloads
SETTING THE UNIT OF MEASURE
The LEICA RANGEMASTER CRF 1600 can be set to
metric units or the Imperial units more commonly
used in the USA, i.e. either meters/Celsius/millibars
or yards/Fahrenheit/PSI (pounds per square inch) for
distance/temperature/atmospheric pressure respectively.
This setting also determines the holdover display
(in centimeters or inches) and the available ballistic
curves (see page 148).
Setting:
1. Briefly press the main button (2 / <3s).
• The target mark appears.
2. Press and hold the secondary button (1 / ≥3s).
• appears below the target mark. The display
flashes to indicate that a setting can be made.
Note:
For all settings: The relevant displays disappear 3
seconds after you last press one of the two buttons.
The previously saved settings/values are retained.
3. Briefly press the secondary button twice.
• appears below the target mark.
4. Briefly press the main button.
• disappears, and the target mark and continue
to flash.
5. Select your preferred units of measure by (repeatedly)
pressing the secondary button, for Imperial
as used in the USA, or for metric.
• The relevant displays continue to flash.
Note:
The current setting can always be seen in the display
– if metric values are selected, a dot appears to the
bottom right of the target mark.
6. Save your setting by briefly pressing the main button.
• The saved setting and the target mark light up
continuously for 2 seconds for confirmation and
then disappear.
So that means.
Press the big button
Press the little button
Press the little button twice more fast
Press the big button a bunch more.
If the dot is there next to the target square, you are in meters, no do, yards.
It says it is in yards, but try again.
It is back in meters.
Try again.
Ok, now it is staying in yards for a whole minute.
In October, I was 1000 miles from home.
I could not get that rangefinder back on yards.
So I marked my scope in Meters based on the target
I wrote "43" for 435 meters.
I ranged the animal at 437 meters from the truck window.
I got out and laid down... 436 meters.
Close enough.
Now in the middle of the night, 2 months later, I see this thread, and now it is FINALLY BACK TO YARDS.
That "43" now means "477 yards".
SETTING THE UNIT OF MEASURE
The LEICA RANGEMASTER CRF 1600 can be set to
metric units or the Imperial units more commonly
used in the USA, i.e. either meters/Celsius/millibars
or yards/Fahrenheit/PSI (pounds per square inch) for
distance/temperature/atmospheric pressure respectively.
This setting also determines the holdover display
(in centimeters or inches) and the available ballistic
curves (see page 148).
Setting:
1. Briefly press the main button (2 / <3s).
• The target mark appears.
2. Press and hold the secondary button (1 / ≥3s).
• appears below the target mark. The display
flashes to indicate that a setting can be made.
Note:
For all settings: The relevant displays disappear 3
seconds after you last press one of the two buttons.
The previously saved settings/values are retained.
3. Briefly press the secondary button twice.
• appears below the target mark.
4. Briefly press the main button.
• disappears, and the target mark and continue
to flash.
5. Select your preferred units of measure by (repeatedly)
pressing the secondary button, for Imperial
as used in the USA, or for metric.
• The relevant displays continue to flash.
Note:
The current setting can always be seen in the display
– if metric values are selected, a dot appears to the
bottom right of the target mark.
6. Save your setting by briefly pressing the main button.
• The saved setting and the target mark light up
continuously for 2 seconds for confirmation and
then disappear.
So that means.
Press the big button
Press the little button
Press the little button twice more fast
Press the big button a bunch more.
If the dot is there next to the target square, you are in meters, no do, yards.
It says it is in yards, but try again.
It is back in meters.
Try again.
Ok, now it is staying in yards for a whole minute.
In October, I was 1000 miles from home.
I could not get that rangefinder back on yards.
So I marked my scope in Meters based on the target
I wrote "43" for 435 meters.
I ranged the animal at 437 meters from the truck window.
I got out and laid down... 436 meters.
Close enough.
Now in the middle of the night, 2 months later, I see this thread, and now it is FINALLY BACK TO YARDS.
That "43" now means "477 yards".
Here is a pic of the settings flowchart for the 1600b from the manual. Hope it's readable.
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