Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:57:13 -0500
References: <200903152311.BNA23644@rg5.comporium.net> <p06230914c5e623f36fd8@[10.0.1.199]>
 
My only experience with these is the 15mm.
I've had the lens for a little over 2 years - so far so good.
While these reports give one pause;
The prices and optics are so good
that we'd have to assume
that they're cutting costs somewhere
(mechanical design or manufacture).

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
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On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> I've had a 50 Nokton that had the aperture blades come unattached  
> and at present both my 15 and 12 CV's need parts retightened.  
> Things inside the 12 are rattling alarmingly. I've had to retighten  
> the mount on the 21 CV.
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