bohdan_pryszlak Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 My dot fell off. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Leica will sell you one (or perhaps send you one free). Also occasionally you can get them from DAG or Sherrie, and even eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Leica USA will probably send you a new one free if you provide a stamped self-addressed envelope. At least they have done this in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels - NHSN Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 If you live in Denmark and call the Leica distributor, then you will be told to contact an authorized dealer. The AD will have you wait 1-2 weeks (they have to order from the distributor) and will charge you the equivalent of 17 USD (+extra if you want the little half-dome mailed)! Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyaitken Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Legend has it that Al K makes them out of old toothbrushes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piotr_panne Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Zeiss Ikon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 This calls for some mighty heavy high precision equipment. Do you have a Microtome fitted with a diamond saw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay bee Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I've had one fall off too and the lens still works fine. Why would you need to replace it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 << ... <i>I've had one fall off too and the lens still works fine.</i> ... >> <p> But without the customary "glow," of course. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_jovic Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Did you know that the red dot is the 'pyramid' of the leica lens. It exerts a special power, which can not be described by any science known to man, but which gives the Leica lens it's 'glow'. Isn't the symbol for the highest order of the masons the red dot..? Anyway, the lens is useless with out the red dot. Send it to me so that I can destroy it safely... JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennS Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Go to a lapidary shop and look for a tiny cabochon the right size. This happened to my 50mm Summicron many years ago and I found a small Persian turquoise that's a perfect fit. A dab of glue has held it in place the past 30 years. Perhaps a little ruby if the red colour is important to you. A small synthetic ruby should cost less than the prices quoted above. If anyone notices the turquoise I tell them it's one of the very rare blue dot lenses that take sharper pictures... ;-)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Rare perhaps, Glenn, but does it have the cache of one of Al K's "toothbrushocrons" ? That's the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Proper spelling on that is "toothbrushicron" I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 With Glenn's bejewelled lenses, Shintaro's paint jobs, Luigi's cases, Lutz's gadgets, Tom Abrahamsson's add-ons, and the 'a la carte' service, surely there is an audience for a photo.net 'Pimp My Leica' competition! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Richard, Interesting choice of words. In Holland, the current popular use of the word "pimp" (borrowed from English) has a different connotation. It is liberally used to "spice" up anything. It becomes very awkward when Dutch folks go abroad and use it in English (forgetting the non-Dutch use) as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Oh my gawd! And here I could be making a fortune out of old toothbrush handles? WOW!!! Yeah, it's true. It just didn't occur to me 30 years ago to write to Leitz for another one, and I like having the "dot" so I can tell by feel if the lens is in the correct position for mounting. I took an old purple tooth brush and carved a cute multi-facetted piece of plastic the right size. A dab of epoxy and it's been there ever since. If you decide to write to Leica for one tell them which lens and include the serial number so they'll send you the correct one. They're not all the same size. Or...it's time for a new toothbrush anyway, right? The local 99 cent store had some big tubes of tooth paste with a free tooth brush, and the Postal Service wants 39 cents for just the stamp to write to Leica. Careful not to cut yourself...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_tauber Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Just stick on a Jujubee. They come in lots of colors.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowingsky Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 According to my 1965 copy of The Leica Way, the red dot is designed to fall off when the lens accumulates too much bokeh. the handling is to switch to Tri-X and shoot wide open until the red dot grows back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohdan_pryszlak Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 You guys are too much! Glad to have provided you with some material. But actually, you know, it's all about the dot. The glass is certainly no better than any other good glass - but it certainly costs more. Nice to be able to buy some used R lenses at a better price lately - makes my day but really pisses off the dealers. Does Leitz make any deluxe epoxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Vivek, it has other meanings in US and UK English too! But this is what I was thinking of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp_My_Ride 'The concept is simple - one takes a car ("ride") that is old, thought to be unfashionable, falling apart, or some combination thereof, and "pimps" it (i.e., the car is restored and customized, usually in an over-the-top fashion).' Well, at leat Leicas generally don't fall apart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowingsky Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I still want a Leica M Lensbaby with goggles, in assorted colors. And my M6 is about the last thing I own that I can't download something to. Tech support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_quan Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 "I like having the "dot" so I can tell by feel if the lens is in the correct position for mounting." I get touchy feely with my Leica lens too, but haven't gone THAT far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan flanders Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 In the good (bad) old days if you were 'hip' (pre-cool) you spent your last buck on a zoot-suit the trousers of which were worn with braces since they had no belt loops. The finishing touch was a 'pimp flap' -- the waist band extended three or four inches beyond the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_keung Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 i use red paint instead. leica used to use red paint too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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