Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 16:56 15/03/00 -0500, you wrote: >I live in Michigan where the weather is just about anything depending on >the season. I both cases the rear element developed a fog or some sort. I >sent the first one to Sherry and she said it was beyond economical repair >because it would have to be sent back to Germany for replacement of the >rear element. As I recall she said that it was "press fit" and had to be >factory replaced. When the second one fogged, I put it on the shelf and >there it sits today. > >In both cases I used the lenses for a couple of years before the problem >developed. > >Ken Wilcox I can't remember- did anyone ever try compiling serial numbers of the 90 TE to see if the rear-element-rot that some experience is confined to a particular range? Joe B.