Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, if the LUG volunteers to supply one example of each possible lens to me, I promise to publish a picture of each lens mount and maintain the database into perpetuity. Regarding the milling, I think you will need an indentation, since paint on the mount surface would quickly wear, and could bind or even effect the collimation? 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 Tom Schofield Sent: Sunday, 29 October 2006 10:31 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] 6-bit code as installed by Leica Who wants to keep the data base of lens codings? Maybe you don't even really ned to mill it, just paint. Tom On Oct 28, 2006, at 4:27 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > 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