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Today my Leica-dealer finally called me, to say that my M8 and 35mm summilux-asph. is ready for pickup

I originally ordered the lens 6-bit coded. They only have it non-coded.

How important is the coding for this lens? Should i take it or wait (months?) for a coded.

Can i manually tell the camera wich lens i am using?

 

Morten

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Morten,

 

there's a lot of discussion whether 35mm is needed to code or not.

28mm is without question, but some people (including me so far) don't see a need to code a 35mm, even with filter attached.

 

I'd say try it out and if you feel like you need to code it, do it yourself by using a black marker (so called sharpie pen) and off you go.

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Dirk is right, there may be a slight cyan drift when using an IR/UV cut filter, but that may very well not hurt the photograph and if it does it will be removable in photoshop. The lens without filter vignettes only marginally and again, if hypercritical, PS will save you. You can indeed try it out with sharpie self-coding, but that will wear off faitly quick. The cost of coding the lens will be about 100 Euro. You can use that as a bargaining chip with your shop. Basically an uncoded lens is very hard for them to sell nowadays at full price.

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Morten, I'd go for the uncoded lens rather than wait. I've been using a 35mm ASPH Summicron with my M8 and haven't noticed any issues in everyday use. You always have the option of having it coded at some point in the future.

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You should definitely get the dealer to pay for the coding in Solms, €95. All lenses since last July have been coded, so this is "old stock".

Depends on how much he asks.

All dealers i know charge $100 less for uncoded lenses....... or if you wish .... Euro 100 more for coded lenses ..... ... both are official Leica list-prices!

In other words .... there is a 100 Euro price-difference between coded and uncoded lenses ..!

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Thanks for the responses folks. I will go for the lens, and ask for 100 euros off.

If I don't like the results, I can always code it later. I have now waited 7 months for my camera, and I really can't wait any more.

Have a nice weekend to you all!

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I can't remember and before searching in my papers at home...

 

Does the M8 come with some free coding voucher? I thought there was something like this.

 

Eric

 

Only in the USA I think

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The 35mm lux has cyan drift ,it is very slight in the corners but it does exist. Most times you may not notice it like the 28mm cron but it is there

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The 35mm lux has cyan drift ,it is very slight in the corners but it does exist. Most times you may not notice it like the 28mm cron but it is there

 

Right. There's cyan drift for sure if one looks critically at the color. Whether or not this is extensive enough to bother you would be your personal call.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

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