Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29

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Subject: [Leica] 6-bit code as installed by Leica
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Oct 29 03:51:37 2006
References: <38C78414D669EBB2E448B4BD@hindolveston.reid.org>

A real shame: send it back with a complaint.
BTW, would the encoding work without the milling? Just black and or  
white dots f.i.?

Op 29-okt-06, om 01:27 heeft Brian Reid het volgende geschreven:

> 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
>
>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] 6-bit code as installed by Leica)