jiri_rehorek1

Hi,

I had exactly the same problem with my 35-70/4 couple years ago. The lens was less than 2 years old, bought new in 2003. One day I noticed I couldn't get the distant subjects in focus even with the focusing ring on infinity. It went to Leica for repair and has been working fine since then.

Good luck

Jiri

ok, you asked for it:

"Should I use an UV filter on my Leica lens? "

regards

jr

Hi Andy,

the current 2.8 APO is SHARP and has excellent contrast. Focusing is very smooth thanks to internal focusing, length of the lens stays constant during focusing.

The previous version 2.8 elmarit has very pleasing bokeh (to my eye more pleasant than current 2.8 APO). The resolution and contrast of the 2.8 APO is visibly superior.

The 3.4 APO is supposed to have super resolution at infinity but les contrast and sharpnes in near distances.It is also smallest of all 3 180 lenses.

regards

Jiri

Hi,

the design of film plate which holds the film flat against the film window is completely new in R9 although the rollers and the plastic piece which were reported to cause scratches look the same like on my R8.

I have never experienced film scratching caused by reasons mentioned above. (With lot more than 150 films through my R8).

Can't comment on the R9 yet:)

regards

Jiri

... sorry, my ability to express myself properly in english is somehow limited.

Regarding the loose thing in the viewfinder, I just noticed one day something like a strange shade in my view when taking pictures. When I looked at the viewfinder I found something like a small lever which appearently went loose inside the viewfinder mechanism and was blocking the view slightly.

The camera went to repair center and got fixed in a week or so.

I think that it's worth to mention that Leica was appearently doing upgrades of some parts during the fixes even when the original parts were not necessarily faulty (e.g. motor winder contacts upgrade).

regards

Jiri

Dear Markus,

congratulations for the purchase.

I bought the R8 in 1997 - one of the first series 229##.

During time it developed a few problems - something (lever) loose hanging inside viewfinder, PC flash connector stopped triggering external (studio) flash, problems with film transport yelding to camera back exchange, the whole camera stuck dead with the mirror-up during shooting. At the end I got it exchanged by Leica for a new body after 3 years.

I was very satisfied with Leica service center services though. Everything fixed quite promptly and - due to 5 year warranty - free of charge.

I know that the list of problems is pretty long but I used the camera quite extensively and traveled with it a lot.

Personally I would suggest the PC contact flash triggering function and the winder connection as well. (I actually like the winder quite a lot and it balances the camera body nicely. I bought a second one instantly while purchasing my R9 :) (Another story there))

happy shooting

Jiri