[Leica] More M8 questions

[dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)]

Ok, having decided that the M8 project is not coming out of pocket, I  
have offed a Fuji MF camera, 3 superspeed Nikon primes, one midrange  
Nikon zoom, and 73 miscellaneous items.  I am down to the "gap"  
financing - which might be to sell a Kodak 14n.  Or maybe I'll just  
suck up the rest (a few hundred dollars at this point) in cash.

But I still am in the "is Paris well worth a Mass?" stage.  Some  
questions:

1.      Has anyone shot both the Leica and the 14n?  Does the Leica have  
comparable tonality and exposure latitude?  Does the M8 have any  
automatic highlight recovery capability (like Kodak's digital  
exposure correction)?

2.      Is the 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M asph focus shift a real problem or  
internet bunk?  This was the lens I was really looking forward to  
using on the M8, but there seems to be some indication that it  
focuses correctly only from f/1.4 to f/4.

3.      Do 50/1.4 Nikkor (LTM) lenses exhibit focus shifts?

4.      Has anyone had to have lenses recollimated to focus properly (at  
infinity) on an M8?

Thanks
Dante