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What Jaap said...

 

If you just want to try it out, you can either DIY at home with a Sharpie or pick up a $70 Mcoder kit.

And after that, just mill the black marks to indentations with a Dremel tool and fill with black paint...

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And after that, just mill the black marks to indentations with a Dremel tool and fill with black paint...

 

Jaap,

 

We don't all quite have the skill to do that job well at home or in the office. <G> You're used to doing precise drilling.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

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Well, yes, Sean, but then any friendly Dental lab or precision workshop will do it for you, probably at no or minimal charge, which cannot be said for Leica.:(

 

Hi Jaap,

 

Here we encounter international differences. <G> Dental labs don't do anything for free here. John Milich *is* my precision workshop!

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

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I'm thinking of buying a very nice M series lens which is not coded for M8 use.

 

Does anyone know what the approximate cost of getting a lens coded would be? Can Leica in NJ do this or must it go back to Germany? Any help would be appreciated.

 

Max Bowers

$175/lens to do it in New Jersey. :( I just sent three lenses in yesterday. I was told that the turn around time is approximately six weeks.

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I have two lenses in at DAG (35 lux asoh and 24) for coding (and focus adjust on 35). $75 each for the coding though I believe it takes a while as he sends the bayonets back to John Milich for coding. Screw Leica I say (last coding they did for me - after eight weeks waiting - I got my 28 back with a 24 bayonet).

 

Hmmm, maybe all dentists in Holland are all Leica enthusiasts but not here. I know mine would look at me like I was crazy if I asked her that. Though my periodontist's hygienist has a Nikon D3. I was bummed when she told me as I was spending big bucks with them and couldn't afford a D3 myself (a camera I really needed as a pro - she was using hers to shoot her kids soccer games). Now that I have one I feel better.:D

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