Ben Z
Veteran
Ouch! I guess I have to consider myself extremely fortunate. Except the one I had DAG fix, not only are all my Leica lenses right-on (including a 1961 135 Elmar!), so are all my screw-mount Leitz and Voitlander lenses (incl. a 135 Hektor). I think my 50 Summilux is front focusing but by such a tiny amount I can't repeat it consistently without a tripod and a macro-focusing rail, and that's not the way I'd ever use that lens in practice.
250swb
Well-known
Its just a thought, evolved from the responses on threads like this, that Leica went through a bad patch of lens collimation or a slacker standard during the 1990's and early 2000's.
I have much older lenses, and much newer lenses, and all focus very well on my M9. But my late 90's 50mm Summicron and 2004 35mm Asph are the only lenses that are off. Perhaps just a coincidence but a few people seem to have lenses from this time that have similar problems on a digital body when they function OK on film due to the emulsion thickness.
Steve
I have much older lenses, and much newer lenses, and all focus very well on my M9. But my late 90's 50mm Summicron and 2004 35mm Asph are the only lenses that are off. Perhaps just a coincidence but a few people seem to have lenses from this time that have similar problems on a digital body when they function OK on film due to the emulsion thickness.
Steve
dcsang
Canadian & Not A Dentist
Not to take away from the lens adjustments that need to occur but I just realized that, based on Marty's post above and the cost that Leica has associated with this process ($500 is what I've seen in this thread - DAG's fee not withstanding) that one should consider adding those costs to the total cost of the body. So that would be $7000/$8000 plus $500 (or more) should one purchase a new digital M body to use with existing lenses.
Dave
Dave
segedi
RFicianado
Was the friend a Leica dealer?
jamato8
Corroding tank M9 35 ASPH
I had to have a few of my lenses adjusted and I had DAG do it. The 135 f4 eluded adjustment because of the focal length, which is why Leica says to stop it down a stop or two so I figured out how to get into the 135 f4 and adjust it to my camera. It i spot on now wide open but I realize not everyone can do this. Yes, digital does present a new set of focus problems.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Not sure why I even open these threads.
tmfabian
I met a man once...
I have to agree with all the posts chalking it up to the nature of the digital beast. Just to make you feel a little better, it isn't native to leicas. My partner uses canons, the 24-70 2.8 fancy pants lens canon charges an arm and a leg for front focuses at 24 and back focuses at 70 with varying amounts of the same in between the range. On my SLR's (sony a900's) the zeiss lenses are even slightly out of adjustment with the camera and every lens I buy for the sony...I set up the old focus chart and tripod and dial in the micro-adjustments for each lens.