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The Leica Picture Thread
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Bill Caulfeild-Browne
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Ms. Cardinal. SL3, Sigma 500mm.
Grayhand
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M10R, 50 Summilux
We all have a favorite spot in the sun!
After I got tired of using color film in my M6 due to dissatisfaction with the colors, I bought an M10R.
Now I was much more satisfied with the colors (even though I often convert to B/W)
But instead, I had focusing problems with three of my lenses:
28 f2.8 Elmarit
35mm Summicron
50 Summilux
All ASPH and 6-bit encoded.
So I sent them to Leica in Germany to check.
The answer was that all three had significant backlash in the focusing mechanism.
And that the 50mm needed cleaning of glass and aperture blades.
Leca acknowledged them as received on November 11 and marked them as sent back on November 21.
A few days later, they arrived in the mail.
So I am very happy with Leica's customer service!
They adjusted the 28mm lens for free.
And the other two cost about 350 Euros each.
Maybe it's time to send the other lenses for a check!
Ray
Bill Caulfeild-Browne
Well-known member
That is a lovely photo, Ray.. something bittersweet about it.
M10R, 50 Summilux
We all have a favorite spot in the sun!
After I got tired of using color film in my M6 due to dissatisfaction with the colors, I bought an M10R.
Now I was much more satisfied with the colors (even though I often convert to B/W)
But instead, I had focusing problems with three of my lenses:
28 f2.8 Elmarit
35mm Summicron
50 Summilux
All ASPH and 6-bit encoded.
So I sent them to Leica in Germany to check.
The answer was that all three had significant backlash in the focusing mechanism.
And that the 50mm needed cleaning of glass and aperture blades.
Leca acknowledged them as received on November 11 and marked them as sent back on November 21.
A few days later, they arrived in the mail.
So I am very happy with Leica's customer service!
They adjusted the 28mm lens for free.
And the other two cost about 350 Euros each.
Maybe it's time to send the other lenses for a check!
Ray
Godfrey
Well-known member
@Grayhand ... A lovely photo for sure. 
I gave up on shooting color with film many years ago. On the rare occasion when I do that now (usually because I find in some dark corner of the closet yet another couple of rolls of long-expired film), I usually just process it and render it to B&W, or process it and celebrate the weird colors it produces with standard color process.
My M10-R was bought second hand from a very reputable dealer ... it was a "Leica refurbished" example. I sent it back to him when I received it because both the RF calibration and collimation were well off the mark. He sent it on to Leica USA, and they did the appropriate repair/collimation/calibration on the RF free of charge. It's worked perfectly since.
I've not found any of my lenses showing any focus errors with the M10-R (or M10 Monochrom, or the film bodies) so I haven't sent them in for a check. "No news is good news."
Let's hope it all stays that way and we just enjoy using our cameras and lenses to make fine photos like the above!
G
I gave up on shooting color with film many years ago. On the rare occasion when I do that now (usually because I find in some dark corner of the closet yet another couple of rolls of long-expired film), I usually just process it and render it to B&W, or process it and celebrate the weird colors it produces with standard color process.
My M10-R was bought second hand from a very reputable dealer ... it was a "Leica refurbished" example. I sent it back to him when I received it because both the RF calibration and collimation were well off the mark. He sent it on to Leica USA, and they did the appropriate repair/collimation/calibration on the RF free of charge. It's worked perfectly since.
I've not found any of my lenses showing any focus errors with the M10-R (or M10 Monochrom, or the film bodies) so I haven't sent them in for a check. "No news is good news."
Let's hope it all stays that way and we just enjoy using our cameras and lenses to make fine photos like the above!
G
Grayhand
Well-known member
Thank you Bill and Godfrey for your kind words
Bill:
I woke up one day and realized I was suddenly 70 years old. And when I looked around, I realized that almost nothing of the world I was born into is left.
So when I find old and well-used things, I can relate to them more and more. And I felt a kinship with the objects in this picture, we all came from a different age.
Godfrey:
I have a smaller freezer filled with film, from 35mm up to 8X10. And I have cameras for all formats. Much is to be sold, but we will see how much.
Previously, in addition to B/W film, I also developed C4 and E6. But now it's only B/W film in R09 that I'm interested in.
The advantage of Leica lenses is that they are free from electronics, and are only mechanical. It guarantees a long life.
How long a digital camera survives is considerably more uncertain
Ray
Bill:
I woke up one day and realized I was suddenly 70 years old. And when I looked around, I realized that almost nothing of the world I was born into is left.
So when I find old and well-used things, I can relate to them more and more. And I felt a kinship with the objects in this picture, we all came from a different age.
Godfrey:
I have a smaller freezer filled with film, from 35mm up to 8X10. And I have cameras for all formats. Much is to be sold, but we will see how much.
Previously, in addition to B/W film, I also developed C4 and E6. But now it's only B/W film in R09 that I'm interested in.
The advantage of Leica lenses is that they are free from electronics, and are only mechanical. It guarantees a long life.
How long a digital camera survives is considerably more uncertain
Ray
Godfrey
Well-known member
Funny about that ... I did the same thing (waking up and finding I was 70 years old). And I too love old and well-used things; love to take an old, beat up thing and make it work like it was supposed to again ... Witness the Voigtländer Vito II I rescued and restored recently:
Voigtländer Vito II & Leica M10 Monochrom
It was being discarded as trash when I fished it out of the trash box 12 years ago. I had it refurbished and it now makes lovely photographs again:
The Grinch Stealing Xmas - Santa Clara 2024
Voigtländer Vito II (1949) + Fuji ACROS 100
How long a digital camera survives depends on the quality of its manufacture and how long a particular camera's required batteries remain viable/available. My 2003 Olympus E-1 (a professional spec, 5Mpixel DSLR in its day), and its lenses, is still working beautifully today, and batteries are still available new. I occasionally still use it...
G
Voigtländer Vito II & Leica M10 Monochrom
The Grinch Stealing Xmas - Santa Clara 2024
Voigtländer Vito II (1949) + Fuji ACROS 100
How long a digital camera survives depends on the quality of its manufacture and how long a particular camera's required batteries remain viable/available. My 2003 Olympus E-1 (a professional spec, 5Mpixel DSLR in its day), and its lenses, is still working beautifully today, and batteries are still available new. I occasionally still use it...
G