Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 summicron and Canadian lenses
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 12:43:36 -0700

Bruce,

I *think* they didn't get it back together quite right.

Dennis

Bruce R. Slomovitz wrote:
> 
> You bring up a point or question which has concerned me.  Several months ago
> I was having a problem with a Nikon 50mm f1.2 lens which I dearly love.  The
> aperture ring was very hard to turn.  I took the lens to Strauss
> Phototechnical Services in Washington, D.C.  When I got it back, the problem
> had been cured, but In noticed in looking through the lens that the exposed
> edge of one of the blades was longer (at certain apertures only) than the
> others.  In other words, the apertures in question were no longer "round" or
> perhaps I should say no longer symmetrical.  Is this or should this be a
> cause of concern on any lens?
> 
> Bruce S.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert G. Stevens <robsteve@istar.ca>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Date: Saturday, June 20, 1998 12:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 50 summicron and Canadian lenses
>