viewscreen cover/lens coding

[martha]

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Hi:

 

I just traded my beloved M6 for a brand new M8.2. I have two questions for you all:

 

1. is using a screen protector overkill?

 

2. can lens coding be done in New Jersey or do I have to ship my lens to Solms?

 

Love the 8.2!!!!!

 

Thanks, martha

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[Nicoleica]

Hi Martha,

 

Congrats on your M8.2.

 

The M8.2 has the tougher LCD screen, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to add a thin protector of some sort. Others will probably disagree, but I always prefer to be safe than sorry.

 

I believe that Leica NJ can code most lenses, but I think that a few have to be sent to Solms. I'm sure that if you ask them, they'll be able to tell you which ones they can do.

[martha]

Thanks, Nicole. (love your quote below your name!!!!!!)

[Doc Henry]

Martha,

I have an M8 (and M9) and it is better to encode all your lens (for"optimizing" said Leica)

I don't like stripes, so I put a film

Don't forget UV/IR filters on all your lens

Henry

[matlep]

I had the M8.2 (sold it some time ago) and i found the screen to be impossible to scratch, at least in the way i used it. I did not try to scratch it on purpose, but i used it good, and the screen was as new all along. So i would vote no on a screen protector

[Doc Henry]

I had the M8.2 (sold it some time ago) and i found the screen to be impossible to scratch, at least in the way i used it. I did not try to scratch it on purpose, but i used it good, and the screen was as new all along. So i would vote no on a screen protector

If you take a magnifying glass I think you will see

[matlep]

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If you take a magnifying glass I think you will see

 

Ah, never thought of that!

[ishkra]

i think "GGS screen protector" is a good glass protector for M8

 

Fabio

[jaapv]

Afaik the M8.2 has sapphire glass on the LCD. Putting on a protector seems to me to be akin to wearing both a belt and braces to hold up one's trousers.

[bocaburger]

Sapphire glass is highly scratch resistant, but susceptible to cracking on impact. A plastic/film type screen sheild such as Zagg/Best Skins would absorb some of the impact force. I'm not sure how often a screen gets hit sharply though.

[ho_co]

martha--

Don't worry about who'll do your lens coding, because it varies based on parts availabilities.

 

Just send the lenses off to NJ; they'll do the ones they can, and send any others to Solms.

 

Best call ahead, find out what their schedule is, and work within that. Don't send all your lenses at once unless you can afford to be without them.

 

The wide angles need the coding. Normal lenses and longer don't, but if you're like me, you'll quickly get used to seeing the coded lenses' IDs in the EXIF data, and end up wanting to get them all coded.

 

 

Congratulations on the camera! You know that when you register it on the Leica web site, you can request two free UV/IR-Cut filters, right?

[jaapv]

Sapphire glass is highly scratch resistant, but susceptible to cracking on impact. A plastic/film type screen sheild such as Zagg/Best Skins would absorb some of the impact force. I'm not sure how often a screen gets hit sharply though.

I don't think anybody has managed yet to hit an M8.2/M8u hard enough to shatter the LCD cover.

[martha]

FABULOUS information from you ALL. Thanks so much!--m

[bocaburger]

I don't think anybody has managed yet to hit an M8.2/M8u hard enough to shatter the LCD cover.

 

Like the golddigger said when she married the rich 90 yr-old, where there's a will there's a way.

[Doc Henry]

Jaap,

I know that the sapphire (synthetic) has a certain hardness, but from what I read, it can be scratched and cracked.

A scratched glass must be replaced or repaired as in glass watches

 

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Polishing out Glass Scratches with Cerium Oxide : Aussie Sapphire, Specialists in Lapidary Supply

http://www.justhideandwatch.com/how-to-remove-scratches-from-your-sapphire-crystal/

Henry

[jaapv]

True, but from experience I find the M8 glass is very hard to mark, so it is a tradeoff of the slim chance of scratching against the slight loss of image quality

[Doc Henry]

Thanks for your reply Jaap.

 

My Leica agent advised me film of this german brand *

* S+M Rehberg GmbH [ Foto / Optik / Digital ] Grosshandel Fotozubehr und mehr - What is digiCOVER

I see very well the image on the screen

I also have this film on M9

 

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picture taken with M8 MacroElmar 90mm + macroadapter

 

.... very easy to install (see video presentation)

http://www.smrehberg.de/content/view/152/148/lang,en/

 

Regards

Henry

[ramosa]

M,

 

Definitely not overkill. I use one from giotto. Works well, completely negating the chances of scratching the screen.

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[A. Cheng]

M,

 

Definitely not overkill. I use one from giotto. Works well, completely negating the chances of scratching the screen.

 

I have my M8 protected with giotto. I put it on a few days after I bought the camera so that I could check the before-and-after difference of screen clarity. Yes, I spotted the difference but very very little (may just be psychological).

 

Aesthetically, the edge reminded me it's there, but only for a week or so. After that, visually it has become an integrated part of the camera to me. I almost forgot my screen is covered with this thin layer. It's there for 18 months now without any edge peel-off. Very durable.

[jaapv]

On my M9 I use Acmaxx.