Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know of a person who would disassemble a $6K lens to polish it, do you. Ouch. Steve At 07:17 AM 12/17/98 -0500, you wrote: >Steve, > >Mine doesn't have the ROM set. Since I don't use flash with it, the ROM >is of no use to me at present. The lens should work fine on an R4s. > >I should note that after I'd had the lens for a while, I used the >flashlight-in-the-dark test, shining the flashlight up into the lens >from the lens mount forward. To my horror (this test is always >horrible), there were hand-made polishing marks, similar to what you see >on a car after paste waxing but before the chamois, on one of the middle >elements! Leica NJ said that as I may have done this (when I >disassembled the lens to clean it -- yeah, right) and that it would be a >normal service/cleaning matter. They did provide a loaner, but the lens >had to go back to Solms for cleaning, which took three months. It's >pristine, now. I"m $130 poorer. Cheap, eh? > >An odd story, but I thought interesting. > >David W. Almy >Annapolis > >