[Leica] Coding the Noctilux?

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 4:45 PM -0600 12/20/08, leo wesson wrote:
>Henning,
>
>Why to Germany and not NJ?
>and
>Were the adjustments to the M8 covered under warranty?
>
>Thx
>
>Leo
>

 From here, sending it to Germany is no more difficult nor slower than to NJ.

No, it wasn't covered. But they did replace the rear cover glass and 
back plate holding the buttons for free. Didn't mention anything on 
the invoice; they just did it. It had had a big scratch across all of 
it.



>
>On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Henning Wulff 
><henningw@archiphoto.com>wrote:
>
>>  Hi Ken,
>>
>>  When I first got my M8 my Noctilux didn't focus correctly, and I intended
>>  to have it adjusted. But I found I was shooting a lot with the camera and
>>  really didn't want it out of my hands for any length of time, so I put it
>>  off. Then, when I got a second body used which had been adjusted, I 
>> decided
>>  to take the plunge and sent off my original body, the Noctilux and 3 
>> other
>>  lenses for adjustment and coding. The coding for the Noctilux was more 
>> of 'I
>>  might as well while it's there' than anything else. I would not have
>>  bothered if there had not been any other issue.
>>
>>  In any case I sent off this package in late spring, and had questioned 
>> the
>>  LUG on how to best send this to Germany. The result was that I sent it
>>  ExpressPost without full insurance and everything worked out, although 
>> there
>>  were some anxious moments. The only reasonable alternative would have 
>> been
>>  to fly to Germany myself.
>>
>>  The Noctilux and the 75 Summilux now focus dead on with both bodies wide
>>  open. There is of course the back focus when stopped down, but I rarely 
>> use
>>  the Noctilux between f/1 and f/5.6, so I can make adjustments the few 
>> times
>>  I do use those apertures.
>>
>>  At f/1 the Noctilux is a delight and needs no coding to work. The
>>  vignetting in the corners is cut off by the crop, and the lens is, if
>>  anything, more appealing to me on the M8 than on film. I use it a lot.
>>
>>  So, as others have noted, get lenses 28 and shorter coded, and if you can
>>  spare the 35's for a while, maybe get them coded. I haven't, as I wanted 
>> to
>>  have some lenses between 50 and the WATE here on the other body while the
>>  rest of the lenses were having their vacation in Solms.
>>
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