[Leica] 6 bit code installed by Leica

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

Brian,
Ralph Hagenauer at the Leica Akademi told me that Leica changes the  
bayonet - which means their bayonet quality control in your case is  
no good. I would send it back and demand they do it again.
Howard
On 29 Oct 2006, at 7:47 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:27:17 -0700
> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: [Leica] 6-bit code as installed by Leica
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> 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
>