Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you look inside any modern lens you can see how they can come loose. But the tolerances are so good these days that it's not so much of a worry. A friend of mine used to call any sort of unexplained problems like this "Saturday night palsy". Marty On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: > Very good. ?Wonder how an optic cell gets loose, but, hey, stuff happens. > > I very much prefer that, than finding out that the cell or lockring is > cemented in. > > Vick > > > On 8/13/2010 5:06 PM, Brian Reid wrote: >> >> My beloved Summilux 35/f1.4 ASPH developed some sort of lens palsy. >> I sent it to Leica USA for warranty repair. >> They received it on Tuesday June 1 2010. >> I got it back, nicely repaired, today, which is Friday August 13 2010. >> (Eek; I hadn't previously noticed that today was Friday the 13th). >> >> That's 10.5 weeks. Not nearly as bad as I had feared it would be. >> They didn't waste time and money by wrapping it in a velvet bag or >> anything like that. Just bubble wrap and foam peanuts. >> >> The repair receipt says: >> ? ?Repaired loose optic cell >> ? ?Repair focus ring >> ? ?Adjust optics >> ? ?Clean and lube >> ? ?MTR >> ? ?Test photos >> >> It's so good to have my favorite lens back on my camera. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >