Re: [Leica] stuck 50

["Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>]

You probably hit it against something.  I dropped a 28mm Elmarit M, and the
focusing became very hard to turn.  I persisted and it has lightened up to
the original.  Slides look fine.  I think this is the downside to the
lightweight aluminum exterior design, as opposed to the older design of
brass on the exterior.

Tom

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 6:02 AM
Subject: [Leica] stuck 50


> Had an odd occurrence the other day while shooting with my 50 summi: the
> focus ring got stuck at about 6 feet from min. and wouldn't turn any
further
> toward infinity.  I was looking through the finder and couldn't figure out
> why I couldn't get the rangefinder to coincide at an object about 12 feet
> away.  Finally took the camera from my eye and had to somewhat forcibly
turn
> it past 6 feet, loosen in up with a few turns back and forth, and all has
> been right since.
>
> Is this unusual for a new summicron?  I figured if it doesn't happen
again,
> I'll forget about it, but maybe a lugger knows what might have caused it.
>
> Dan
>
>