Shootist Posted July 10, 2007 Share #21 Posted July 10, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) My Noctilux is from Leica USA with the 3 year Passport, so I expect to get the coding vouchers after I send in the warranty card. Alan Yes you should. If it's been 4-6 weeks since you sent the warranty card in give Liz a call at Leica NJ and ask her if she has filled them out yet. She does all of them by hand, I know because I got 12 of them. 8 real ones and 4 duplicates for 2 lenses she had already sent voucher for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Hi Shootist, Take a look here Just received my 30% off Noctilux!!!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
marknorton Posted July 10, 2007 Share #22 Posted July 10, 2007 Like Ruben, I got a 75/1.4 through the 30% scheme so feel fortunate if they have now run out. Interesting the web-site has had the Tri-Elmar removed but not the 75/1.4 or even the DMR. One post in the German forum also claimed the 135/3.4 is not long for this world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted July 10, 2007 Share #23 Posted July 10, 2007 Well, I can't wait to get my Noctilux; I certainly won't be selling it! And hey--I don't usually disagree with Guy, but I sure hope the number "resold" for "profit" won't be anything like 50%! But even if that's the case, I'm sure there are people waiting to snap them up. I'd be surprised if the whole M market (film included) hadn't resurged since the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 10, 2007 Share #24 Posted July 10, 2007 I hope folks keep them. After playing with it pretty hard in Germany i really changed my mind on it and ordered it also . I actually have a 60 mm filter just waiting for it to come. Personally my feeling and has nothing to do with leica and my relationship but as a early adopter and some of the pains we went through we deserve it and it was a nice gesture from them. You know what we tell our kids when they get a gift, thanks and don't be a indian giver and give it back . In this case don't sell what you earned, we earned it folks. Go out and make great images with it, i understand folks selling it too but try to keep it, it is worth it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted July 10, 2007 Share #25 Posted July 10, 2007 I received my confirmation in early March for my Noctilux. I emailed Leica but got the usual response that high demand causes a long waiting time....... Hopefully this means it will arrive very soon since others have received the same response and the lens arrived a week later. As far as will I keep it? I am on the fence but knowing how I hate to sell really great toys and the fact that if I did, I could never repalce it down the road, I will probably keep it and get a back brace, it is a heavy thing you know. I will tell the wife I am selling my Nikon D80 in order to afford it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As long as I sell something, I can buy something so what if the $ do not balance, I am not a CPA.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mitchell Posted July 10, 2007 Share #26 Posted July 10, 2007 Depending on where the 30% off lens comes from, Solms directly or from Leica NJ USA, I would think if it came from Leica NJ USA it would have a USA warranty card included. To get the 2 vouchers for free coding you have to send the warranty card into Leica NJ and then they send out the vouchers for the free coding. This offer was good until 6/30/07 with the purchase of a new lens from a authorized dealer, can't more authorized then directly from Leica USA.If the lens came from Solms then it more then likely didn't include a USA warranty card and Leica USA has no idea that lens is even in the USA so NO vouchers. I got my 30% off lens from Leica in NJ. They filled out the Passport Warranty card and sent the lens directly to me. The warranty card alone followed soon after. It is my understanding that the 30% off lenses do not come with vouchers. I'll be pleasantly surprised if they suddenly do. I do expect them from a new USA lens that I bought directly from a dealer within the offer period, but not from the discounted lens. Has anyone received vouchers with a discounted lens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted July 10, 2007 Share #27 Posted July 10, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) The UPS man just rang at the door with the Nocti. No prior notice about shipping. Ordered it early March, got confirmtion from Solms in April, send several email inquiries with no definite answer about shipment. But its here and I can't wait to put it on the M8. It is serial no. 39xxxxx, so must be old stock. Alan Now for the hard part--getting the 60mm IR/UV filter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mitchell Posted July 10, 2007 Share #28 Posted July 10, 2007 I just called Leica USA in NJ to clarify. The 30% off discounted lenses DO NOT come with lens coding certificates (they do come with the USA Passport Warranty). Only those lenses purchased from authorized dealers at full price within the program period come with coding certificates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted July 10, 2007 Share #29 Posted July 10, 2007 I just called Leica USA in NJ to clarify. The 30% off discounted lenses DO NOT come with lens coding certificates (they do come with the USA Passport Warranty). Only those lenses purchased from authorized dealers at full price within the program period come with coding certificates. Well that may be true in most circumstances but I bet Leica USA has sent out vouchers for lenses bought through the 30% off deal and delivered by Leica USA to the buyer. Probably by mistake just like I got 4 duplicate vouchers for 2 new lenses they had already sent voucher for. The only thing that would stop that is if you didn't list the place of purchase or listed it as Solms Germany AND Leica USA caught it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Mitchell Posted July 10, 2007 Share #30 Posted July 10, 2007 Ed, those cases were surely mistakes, and lucky ones, as the standard procedure followed at Leica USA for the discounted lenses is for Leica USA to fill out your warranty card and send the lens to you with the form already torn off. They then register for you and send you the passport warranty card--this is all so that you do not receive the vouchers. Some quick packaging of lenses is bound to create mistakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicapfile Posted July 10, 2007 Share #31 Posted July 10, 2007 Alan, Very possible your new Noctilux is not NOS. Leica (and Leitz before them) assigned production lenses serial #s by block. Those blocks of numbers were generally used sequentially for the lenses as they were produced. Production of a particular lens was not necessarily continuous however till they ran out of numbers. When it paused and restarted, they would use the next available number(s) in that block. Therefore, your lens may have been produced calander date wise, after one with a much later serial number. This is especially true where more slowly produced lenses, (like the made in Canada Nocti are concerned). The only retail Leica manufactured lens made (or assembled more correctly) outside of Germany. Best, Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 10, 2007 Share #32 Posted July 10, 2007 BTW confirmed by leica to me the Nocti is still made in Canada only. It just takes a long time for the glass to cool down after it is made, like curing i guess. I have a long wait for mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted July 10, 2007 Share #33 Posted July 10, 2007 Guy, the glass is made in Canada or the glass and lens is assembled in Canada?. I thought the lens was assembled in Solms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 10, 2007 Share #34 Posted July 10, 2007 Guy, the glass is made in Canada or the glass and lens is assembled in Canada?.I thought the lens was assembled in Solms. Eh cmon eh - made in Gemanee? Nuh! Trawna (Toronto) Apologies to our Canadian forum members. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 10, 2007 Share #35 Posted July 10, 2007 For those getting a Nocti - you will love it. I got mine back today and have been out in the village this evening with it. What other lens could you get non-flash shots hand held like these. Taken about 9.45 this evening. Wilson 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/28603-just-received-my-30-off-noctilux/?do=findComment&comment=302740'>More sharing options...
carstenw Posted July 10, 2007 Share #36 Posted July 10, 2007 Guy, I seem to recall reading that it takes weeks (or more?) for the glass to be cooled down, slowly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 10, 2007 Share #37 Posted July 10, 2007 Yes that is what i heard also but it may have been months. i would love to get the full story on how this lens is made , maybe a interesting process. Part of it was where they melt the glass the bowl is made of Platinum because it is so hot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted July 10, 2007 Share #38 Posted July 10, 2007 Eh cmon eh - made in Gemanee? Nuh! Trawna (Toronto) Apologies to our Canadian forum members. Wilson Did I do or say somting wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted July 10, 2007 Share #39 Posted July 10, 2007 Hey Wilson, Leica was in Midland, not Toronto. There is still some company there which is the rest of what Leica Midland was, but I forget their name. They may still make some things for Leica, or assemble some thing, but I think Schott (Zeiss) makes the glass for the Noctilux. IIRC, the special glass has a refractive index of 1.92 or something! Those who know a bit about glass know how special that is. If I weren't so lazy, I would go look up the missing details, but that will have to wait. I have two days to catch up with in my daily photo blog Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 10, 2007 Share #40 Posted July 10, 2007 Did I do or say somting wrong Sorry Eoin, I was being facetious and trying to emulate (very badly) a broad Canadian accent. Apparently in the USA everyone thinks that all Canadians start every sentence with "Eh" - its the old stereotyping thing. Hence why I took the literary licence of moving Leica's Canadian facility from Midland to Toronto (Trawna). I could not render Midland in Canadianese. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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