Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike, I agree with your assessment of the lens. I suppose we've been lucky because we haven't had any problems with the AF-C1. Bud Boreham wrote: > I bought my wife an AFC 1 when they came out. Leica replaced (not repaired) > it five times over two years for autofocus problems before I finally > demanded and eventually received a refund. It had a 40mm lens which could > be extended to 80mm by a built in 2x converter via a switch. I found > optical quality good at the 40mm setting and poor at 80mm, reasonably sharp > but low contrast. > I think they are rare now because they've all died ! > Mike > > ---------- > > From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Request for Advice > > Date: 03 December 1998 14:20 > > > > This is pretty good advice. My wife had an AF-C1 before she got her > > Minilux and it produced better results than the Olympus XA that preceded > > it. > > Bud > >