Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, my personal experience may not be directly helpful regarding the service you want, since we are on different continents. FWIW, one of mine went to Solms a couple of years back via dealer and then distributor. They did the organising but it was slow, slow and the dealer added his own mark up (as you might expect). . This week one lens of a pair that I sent for a CLA to the Australian agent actually had a flange replacement fitted. I didn't think that was done anywhere but Solms and New Jersey.. You might consider too whether you want a Clean, Lubricate and Adjust at the same time for specific lenses? I'd suggest that you ring up Leica in New Jersey directly first. You might find that faster in handling time than through your dealer? If you just want your existing bayonet flange machined with the pits (to a professional standard) then you could use John Milich in New York. Normally you send him the flange only but ask for a pricelist/services available? Try jm-at-milich-dot-com His machining is first class and his (international) turnaround was rapid on two jobs for ZM lenses for me a year or two back. I His communications might best be described as concise but his work is first class. My personal experience with the coding templates and Sharpies was not positive (reliability and permanence) but others have been happy. Ideally, you ought not completely degrease the mount either. Be aware that it is very important that you do nor smear incompletely dry ink across the 6 bit sensor or worse end up with scraped off residue inside the lens throat. One LUG M8 user I know personally had to scrub his M8 sensor cover glass vigorously, presumably with heart in mouth at the time! Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 12 October 2012 08:38, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > http://whimster-photography.com/leica_m_lens_codes/index.html > > That table plus a Sharpie and it's done quick and for free. At least > for my Zeiss ZM lenses it's been a great solution. It does take a > little while to figure out a workflow to get them right. I put little > marks on the M9 mount where the read windows are. They can then be > put on the lens mount and make alignment relatively easy. (Alcohol > cleans off Sharpie marks.) > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:11 PM, George Hartzell <hartzell at alerce.com> > wrote: > > > > I've borrowed an M9 for a while with a couple of current lenses. I > > think that I'd like to get my pre-coding lenses updated. > > > > When all of you other first (second, third, ok, I'm late...) adopters > > took care this did you go through a local dealer, direct to Leica, or > > via an independent? > > > > What kind of turn around time did you experience? Cost? > > > > Thanks, > > > > g. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >