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What do non-focus-shifting 35 Lux ASPH and 75 Luxes go for these days (in Euro)?
Good news Woody!!I share Riccis experiences with the 35 Lux, ie.my silver chrome one never displayed any sign of focus shift. Because I sometimes get a case of the stupids I sold this flawless copy to Peter A along with a bunch of R lenses. He said the 35 lux worked perfectly on his M8 but I believe that somewhere along the way he had an accident and the lens was basically destroyed. Sad!
Woody
Wonderful news Peter. I really should have kept this lens. From the reports on various threads this may be the only copy out there that doesn't have focus shift.Good news Woody!!
I thought I had reported the outcome of my accident which occurred when I dropped my M8 down a flight of stairs and then watched in slow motion horror as the camera fell another meter or so onto concrete..
Long story short I thought I had destroyed the lens as it had very very stiff focus up to a point and then wouldn't budge ...
Sent camera into the dealer who sent it off to Solms - and hurrah a few weeks later - the 35lux was fixed and calibrated - like new - and my M8 with a ding on bottom and knick on top showing a touch of brass came back with fixed rangefinder as well!
Turns out that the 35lux had just bent the internal helical which was replaced - and everything is just perfect...-
I have never had a problem with focus issues with this lens before accident or after - but I give up recommending anything to anyone..after reading threads in here about this or that issue and multiple copies being tested for this and that and sent back and forth etc etc..
Leica isnt as bad with service as the internet boards suggest.
I am waiting for teh full frame M8.-
I have never heard this before, and frankly I am a bit skeptical about it. I have a fairly early version of the E60 lens, and it focuses fine on the M8. There is focal shift, but it is spot on at f/1.4. The optical design did not change, so assuming it is focusing properly at f/1.4, all generations should be equal. There is no magic bullet. Any lens and body are going to work better together if you send them both to be calibrated at the same time.
um, actually before.... need to play around with some more, but there does seem to be back focus wide open at f/1.4 and f/2. f/2.8 is almost there, f/4 is spot on.... think it may need a tweak or two as i heard it best to optimise for f/2.Hey Cam, do you have any focus shift after 2.8?