Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neil, mine is the same (half the filter left over the light path). Seems to be the way it's supposed to be. Bad break Alastair. It can't be too serious, just a glap somewhere. But the hassle of shipping it back etc ... :( Daniel At 19:44 11.03.2003 +1100, you wrote: >On Monday, Mar 10, 2003, at 21:09 Australia/Melbourne, Beddoe, Neil wrote: > >>I've got a variocontrast head on my V35 and I just wanted to check if it was >>"normal". When I push up the shaft to move the filters out of the light >>path, one of the filters stays about half way down. which means that the >>light retains a colour cast. Is it supposed to do this? I need to know >>this as I'm calibrating an Analyser Pro and it's giving me some funny >>settings. > >Well I just checked --- I wish I did not NEED to, but I'll be using it >again (see below). My unit is exactly the same. When you slide the shaft >up, it leaves half the filter "drawer" covered: sounds like it's normal. > >BUT oh me miserum: Someone come up with a tale of woe, so I can feel there >is someone worse off than I. My Heiland Splitgrade system: yes, the one >I've been praising here in the last week has failed to power up. >Nothing-----------dead. Fuse I thought, but when I examined the fuse it >looked pristine: there was a spare ----------- still NOTHING. I dreaded >the idea that service was only an international flight away, and here we >go. I tested Leica's service to the full when I first got my r8, looks >like another Wetzlar company has the pleasure of my woes. > >I'm off to cry on Mr Heiland's shoulder and have him tell me: > >1. this is very unusual >2. We have not had this problem before >3. Please send us the unit and we will check it over > >And when it arrives, it will work and when it get home it will not and 2 >years later I will have a working Splitgrade system :-( > >Cheers > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html