ken_tanaka Posted March 30, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted March 30, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm sending two of my lenses to Leica's New Jersey facility to have 6-bit coding applied. Can anyone who's already followed this process suggest how long I should expect to be without these lenses? I'm imagining it might be six weeks, given that they're probably rather backed-up with this work. Â Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 30, 2007 Posted March 30, 2007 Hi ken_tanaka, Take a look here Current Turn-Around for Lens Coding (in New Jersey). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
george + Posted March 30, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted March 30, 2007 I was told four to six weeks. Mine left four weeks ago. Still waiting. Â Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankg Posted March 30, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted March 30, 2007 I was quoted three to four weeks when I sent my 21 in 2 weeks ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Campbell Posted March 30, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted March 30, 2007 My only uncoded lens at this point is my 28mm chron. I wouldn't be separated from it for 4-6 minutes, let alone 4-6 weeks, so I've self coded it, which works fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mitchell Posted March 31, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted March 31, 2007 I just found out the the 50mm 1.4 ASPHs are directly milled off-site. Apparently, this takes more than two months and cannot be tracked. Great service. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoMammabot Posted March 31, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted March 31, 2007 What method of Self coding works well? I tried the piece of paper with adhesive back and drawing the lines with a sharpie and it worked great....Until i changed lenses ad crunched the paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 31, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted March 31, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I sent in two lenses to Allendale about March 7 (just before PMA) - the repair sheet I got back quoted 3-4 weeks. They are not back yet, but if Leica gets them to me by the end of next week (April 6) that will have been 4 weeks and a couple of days. Â Mine were older 1980s lens types rather than recent production - we'll see if that makes any difference. Â Interesting about the 50 lux ASPH - I wonder if they just ran out of coded mounts for those, and decided it was faster to remachine them directly than to wait for a new batch of mounts, or whether they've been doing those lenses that way all along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_tanaka Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share #8 Â Posted March 31, 2007 Thank you for your replies. It's interesting that no correspondent here seems to have yet received their lenses back from Leica! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enboe Posted March 31, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted March 31, 2007 I sent my 2 gems in for free coding and received them back, round trip, in about a month. It would seem that there is variability based upon the model of lens, given reports here. The 28/2.0 goes to Universal Studios Hollywood tomorrow! Â Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkuo Posted March 31, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted March 31, 2007 I sent my 28/2.0 in mid Feb, and took 4 weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFarber Posted March 31, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted March 31, 2007 I sent my 21 in at the end of January and have not seen it yet. Each time I call they say it is on the bench and that it should be soon. This is my 3rd week of being told this. They did tell me that I should send in the rest of my lenses towards the end of April and they should be caught up by then. (Just like they told me I would have it by the weekend... but which weekend I forgot to ask) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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