Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, I suspect that the issue is that the Nocti has real issues focusing light from 600nm up in the same place as light down from 600. Before you send your camera off, get a hot filter and try that. I believe that you will fall in love with your Nocti again once it is focusing the light in the same place. Now, if you indeed need to send your camera off, pay Don Goldberg or Sherri to adjust the cam on the Noct to your M8. Not too expensive and either one can probably get it done in a week or so if you explain your needs. If either one gives you any trouble, their are probably hundreds of their best customers on the LUG or in LHSA who will come to your aid. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 3/1/07, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > My problem is much simpler than this. > I have two M bodies (M6 and M8) > and three M lenses (Noctilux, 24/2.8 Elmarit, and 35/1.4 Summilux) > > There are six possible combinations of camera and lens -- I can put the > Noctilux on the M6 or the M8, I can put the 24 on the M6 or the M8, etc. > > Everything works fine except that when I put the Noctilux on the M8, it > doesn't focus properly. It works fine on the M6. The other two lenses work > fine on both M6 and M8. > > The mis-focus of the Noctilux on the M8 is bad enough that I've stopped > using it, which is a pity. So I thought that I'd look into repairs. > > The first problem is figuring out what needs to be repaired. From the data > above, it would seem as though the problem lies with the Noctilux, except > that it works fine on the M6. Tina Manley reported that when she had this > problem, she had to send in both her M8 body and her Noctilux. > > Leica Camera is criminally slow on repairs. They don't seem to be able to > do /anything/ in less than 6 weeks, and 2 months seems more typical. And > God > save you if they have to send something back to Solms: they probably use a > 3-mast sailboat to get it there and a rowboat to bring it back. > > So I was looking to find somebody in Leica Camera that I could talk to > about how to fix this problem, in the hopes that I wouldn't have to send in > the M8 body along with the Noctilux to get this problem fixed. I don't want > to be without my M8 for 2 months. Since I'm not using the Noctilux (on > account of its focus problems) I don't mind waiting while it's shipped to > Solms by sailboat. > > Brian Reid > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >