How did you sent your Noctiliux to Solms to adjust ?

[proenca]

Hi there,

Stupid question it might be, but how did you sent your M8+Noctilux ( the "old" 1.0 ) for adjustment to Solms ?

Who did you contact ?

I sent an email about M8 upgrades, which was promptly answered but I sent another one for the M8 and Nocti adjustment and still waiting for an answer.

Few questions for those who did it :

- Im planning to do it now, BEFORE the upgrade, and then send the M8 later on for the upgrading. Just need my 1500 euros of the upgrade somewhereelse now. How much does the adjustment cost alone ?
- Do you have to re-adjust the camera and lens if you upgrade the M8 with shutter and framelines ? Ie, send everything again ?
- What was your turnaround time ?

A direct contact in Leica would be helpfull and some tips as well

ps : I dont have my Noctilux as of yet, left ffords today so in a day or so should be here. I guess its going to need the adjustment ( from what I've read, they all benefit from it ) so Im planning in advance.

ps2 : cant wait for the leica-white-unicorn-of-a-lens to arrive

 

[jaapv]

As I said on LUF - You bought from ffordes, who check their gear thoroughly, so it is unlikely that it needs adjusting, and in the case there should be a problem, they offer an excellent guarantee on the lens and will handle it for you.

 

[maddoc]

A 90mm Summicron-M has a depth-of-field of 10mm at f/2 and 1m distance and the Noctilux 20mm at f/1 and same distance (for 35mm film and 0.03mm circle of confusion but calculating for the M8/M8.2 gives similar values). So the 90mm Summicron-M has only half the depth-of field at full aperture and closest distance but I hear rarely anybody mention that he bought this lens used and it has to be "adjusted" by Leica.

Once your lens left the factory, it should be properly calibrated and calibration won't change with age or usage except maybe the lens was dropped.

The only thing that can easily get out of adjustment is the RF of your Leica and might have to be adjusted. Additionally, shooting at f/1.0 in dim light needs a very good focus-technique and depending on your eye-sight and condition (tired) you will have a lot of shots not properly focused (from experience ...)