Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henry, my story had a happy ending, Oz distributor did not hestitate in sending me a replacement which is fine. (Lucky for me!) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Ting" <henryting10@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] This sucks -- possible summicron problem > > The misalignment of the square lens shade is a very > common problem. While Leica never have this problem > with the old round shades because it is symetrical, > but the square hoods requre very precise alignment > between the bayonet mount, lens and the shade. Any > deviation, while won't affect functionality, but for > sure is an eye-sore. I returned a 35 Cron back to a > Hong Kong dealer with exactly the same problem. He > showed Leica (HK) the lens and they declared it as > no-problem. Basically Leica does not want to rectify > it, but luckily the dealer took the extra effort and > replaced it for me anyway. > Karina, so after the runaround, and if Leica declare > it as normal, then you're out of luck and the only > recourse is whether the dealer will stand behind > after-sales service. > > --- Karina Klaas <shutterbug@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Derek, > > > > I had a similar problem with my brand new Noctilux > > lens. (I will make a > > point of checking all new lenses mounted on body > > from now on) - the > > distributor in Australia asked me to ship it back to > > them (yes, meant I had > > no camera to work with, the only lens I have) and > > they shipped me a > > replacement this week. I thought it would be a 5 > > minute, in house job but > > they said it had to be repaired in Germany.) It's > > not an uncommon problem I > > am told. > > > > Karina > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Derek Zeanah" <derek@zeanah.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 12:52 PM > > Subject: [Leica] This sucks -- possible summicron > > problem > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > OK, I'm back in the world of M cameras -- I traded > > some Nikon gear for an > > M6 > > > and a 35 pre-asph Summicron. Everything seems to > > work great -- test pics > > > came back fine and everything, and I think I got > > some *great* shots last > > > night. > > > > > > But tonight I put the 35 back on the camera (also > > have a 90 and 50) and > > saw > > > this: http://derekzeanah.no-ip.org/summicron > > > (it's a DSL line limited to 20k uploads, but I > > tried to keep the images > > > small. Yes they suck, no I don't care right now.) > > > > > > Basically, the lens shade rests lop-sided on the > > lens normally; I can > > twist > > > it back, but it looks like I'm unscrewing the > > front element of the lens > > when > > > I do so, and having everything line up properly > > isn't finger tight (though > > it > > > might be tight enough not to notice for 2 days, as > > is going on here). > > > > > > Please tell me this is something that's easy to > > correct. In-house. > > Tonight > > > so I've still got the camera in-hand tomorrow. > > > > > > Please! > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > > > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAjySpXIACgkQgFulSVO/UBprhACfdoY4p5BLXHdDeVo3c5FYIuHL > > > yMMAn3a8/oCIAUWu/hH+jghnwDK/aRdz > > > =rGf2 > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html