Guest guy_mancuso Posted March 27, 2007 Share #21 Posted March 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Let me tell my embarassing story at PMA . Saturday i had no meetings set up so i was on my own to walk the floor , the Leica booth was on the upper level . So i walked in and the first booth was canon so i went and played with the 1dMKIII and played with the brick. LOL But i wanted some brochures on it so i grabbed a Canon bag , figuring I could switch it out . Than walked the whole bottom floor feeling really consious that I had a Canon bag and a Leica badge . So I ran upstairs to the Leica booth and asked Shirley De Silva for a leica bag just so i did not feel like a traitor. She had none left but promised to send me one . Well i walked around with that canon bag the rest of the day and threw it out when i got back to the hotel. today a box shows up from Shirley with some Leica goodies and a LEICA bag, it's just a canvas tote bag but i have a real leica bag. I feel so proud. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest stnami Posted March 27, 2007 Share #22 Posted March 27, 2007 ..............looks like the black hole is leaking again........... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertwright Posted March 27, 2007 Share #23 Posted March 27, 2007 reminds me of a poster that ted orland had called Photographic Truths (..to which every photographer should EXPOSE HIMSELF...) axiom- A butter knife is a useful tool for making minor adjustments that a camera store would charge $10 to make- corollary- A camera store will charge $75 to repair a camera that has been adjusted with a butter knife. ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBrittain Posted March 27, 2007 Share #24 Posted March 27, 2007 I would love to know the thoughts of the guys at Leica when they read threads like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted March 27, 2007 Share #25 Posted March 27, 2007 At Photokina, they were giving away red dot tins of candies/wine gums/sweets, 5cm diameter with a dimpled lid you press in the centre to remove it. Just right for storing memory cards and, because it's a Faraday cage when closed, protecting them from static. I think the camera looks good with a black dot, much better than having a piece of duct tape over it. As for the adjustment, so this sets the vertical alignment (Carsten how much was yours out? 10% of the patch height?) and the roller sets the infinity point. What sets the near far balance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapfile Posted March 27, 2007 Share #26 Posted March 27, 2007 Robert W. Kind of like the sign I saw in a mechanics garage several years ago. (The prices will age me!) Price per hour labor charge: $10 per hour. $25 per hour if you worked on it first. Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted March 27, 2007 Share #27 Posted March 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would love to know the thoughts of the guys at Leica when they read threads like this. Bill, My thoughts exactly! If I were Leica I would be making DVDs of the threads. "Sorry Mr.___, on March 26 we have verifiable proof that you removed the red dot and started fiddling about. No warranty for you!":o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted March 27, 2007 Share #28 Posted March 27, 2007 Carsten you should be arrested ! heres a page on it here Leica FAQ - Are Leica red dots replaceable? be advised Carsten is a fugitive from justice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted March 27, 2007 Share #29 Posted March 27, 2007 (Fun dig at Carsten on) I hate people who are so coordinated, chrome M8's and black dots, it reminds me of what someone once said to me, "almost as bad as white jeans with a white tee shirt". (Fun dig at Carsten off) It looks nice to be honest, I've seen it done with the black bodies but never on chrome. All you need now is a chrome lens to reach nirvana. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joern Posted March 27, 2007 Share #30 Posted March 27, 2007 How do you like this? Stealth at the beach in the begining of the season. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/19885-leica-red-dot/?do=findComment&comment=213262'>More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #31 Posted March 27, 2007 At Photokina, they were giving away red dot tins of candies/wine gums/sweets, 5cm diameter with a dimpled lid you press in the centre to remove it. Just right for storing memory cards and, because it's a Faraday cage when closed, protecting them from static. I think the camera looks good with a black dot, much better than having a piece of duct tape over it. As for the adjustment, so this sets the vertical alignment (Carsten how much was yours out? 10% of the patch height?) and the roller sets the infinity point. What sets the near far balance? It wasn't out much, but when you need to focus critically (I have 50 Lux Asph and 75 Lux), it is really important that it is right. If it is slightly off, it never snaps into focus the way others have described. To give you an idea, if I pointed at a really small reflection in a chrome object, the two would never meet, just. The arm pivots around a weird arrangement with a screw to tighten it down, and a tab, which looks like a washer. The screw must be loosened and the tab turned. I am reluctant to loosen the screw, because I must re-tighten it the right amount, and I don't know how much that is. I might just notice the position very carefully and go from there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #32 Posted March 27, 2007 I would love to know the thoughts of the guys at Leica when they read threads like this. Me too. I guess they will send out the lynch squad. But honestly, I sent the camera back, and it took them five weeks to fix it, and then they sent it back with the focusing still noticeably off. I think their jig needs replacement. I wrote an email to Leica, and told them about it, and hinted that maybe they should promise me a quick turn-around if I sent it back to be adjusted again. They didn't bite. There is no way in hell that I am sending the camera away for five weeks again, or more, to judge by the complaints thread. I thought about sending it to one of the established dealers who can fix the focusing, but it seemed a bit perverse to pay a significant sum for something which ought to be free. The same vertical offset is present in my M6 which was completely overhauled and set back to factory spec. At least the horizontal mismatch is gone in that camera, I believe. I have taken some test pictures with it, so when they return from development, I will know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #33 Posted March 27, 2007 Carsten is that a real Leica Black dot or your red dot painted?If the original what paint did you use and how did you polish it to gt the Leica back. Well, it seems that the hot tip is to buy one. I used slightly thinned model paint, and did exactly what Ron Benvenisti described. If you have ever painted a model kit, it is not hard to get it nice. Buying one is much easier though, and doesn't sound expensive. I was hoping I would have a truly unique chrome Leica M8, but it appears that a flood of them are now coming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #34 Posted March 27, 2007 ..............looks like the black hole is leaking again........... Hehehe Nice image though. Too bad about the heavy JPG artifacts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #35 Posted March 27, 2007 (Fun dig at Carsten on)I hate people who are so coordinated, chrome M8's and black dots, it reminds me of what someone once said to me, "almost as bad as white jeans with a white tee shirt". (Fun dig at Carsten off) It looks nice to be honest, I've seen it done with the black bodies but never on chrome. All you need now is a chrome lens to reach nirvana. Hehehe, I recall that comment. In fact, I wish to partially revoke it. I think that modern-looking lenses in chrome look a bit daft, to be honest. 50 Lux Asph and the 21s and 24s, 90 Apo and so on. Straight or flared. But the lenses with the classic style, tapered and so on, like the very old chrome 50 Cron, those look good. Makes the M8 look more like an M6 or M3. I guess a fall into most people's "nice but a bit stupid" category now. Maybe I can hope for "brave but stupid". But boy am I glad that I got this done. By the way, a chrome lens on a black camera doesn't look bad at all. Here is the special given to Vaclav Havel, the former Czech prime minister: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/essays/images/leica_lg.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted March 27, 2007 Share #36 Posted March 27, 2007 Those of us with a R-D1 know all about vertical rangefinder patch alignment. They should have included a supply of wooden tooth picks to remove the hot shoe with the camera... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #37 Posted March 27, 2007 Hmm, my macro picture is out of date now... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/19885-leica-red-dot/?do=findComment&comment=213310'>More sharing options...
frc Posted March 27, 2007 Share #38 Posted March 27, 2007 How about a British-Racing-GREEN dot? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 27, 2007 Share #39 Posted March 27, 2007 How about a British-Racing-GREEN dot? Would be FANTASTIC, not to speak of a FERRARI-PATENTED-RED dot (Ferrari has patents on its red and its yellow too...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted March 27, 2007 Share #40 Posted March 27, 2007 Would be FANTASTIC, not to speak of a FERRARI-PATENTED-RED dot (Ferrari has patents on its red and its yellow too...) you probably wont laugh about this like i did, but i heard Hyundai are using a colour just like it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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