Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, it certainly doesn't seem to be consistent with the Leica precision engineering image, does it? No doubt functional but certainly inelegant. Do you think that this work has been done to your original lens mount, or consists of a new mount fitted to your lens? Either way, it's very disappointing to see that Leica has charged a substantial sum to mar your lens. Paint cleanup is trivial, but sloppy machining is unforgivable in this application. Could hardly be a worse choice for an example to be sub-standard either. I suspect that 1000 subscribers (amongst their most enthusiastic supporters) will now be having second or third thoughts regarding conversions. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Brian Reid Sent: Sunday, 29 October 2006 09:27 To: LUG@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] 6-bit code as installed by Leica I got my 28/f2.8 Elmarit back from Leica today with the 6-bit code added. I must say that to my eye it looks like rather shoddy work. Somehow when you send a lens to Leica and pay $150 to have this done, you'd think that they would mill in straight lines, clean up their mess, and then paint inside the area that they just milled. I think I'll do my Summilux myself with a Dremel and some nail polish. I'm sure I can do as well as they did. http://reid.org/~brian/images/6-bit-code.jpg _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information