Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 9:02 AM -0400 6/9/00, Dan Honemann wrote: >Had an odd occurrence the other day while shooting with my 50 summi: the >focus ring got stuck at about 6 feet from min. and wouldn't turn any further >toward infinity. I was looking through the finder and couldn't figure out >why I couldn't get the rangefinder to coincide at an object about 12 feet >away. Finally took the camera from my eye and had to somewhat forcibly turn >it past 6 feet, loosen in up with a few turns back and forth, and all has >been right since. > >Is this unusual for a new summicron? I figured if it doesn't happen again, >I'll forget about it, but maybe a lugger knows what might have caused it. > >Dan Better have it checked. Those symptons are often due to a screw coming loose inside, and forcing the focussing can damage something quite easily. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com