Re: [Leica]Tri-Elmar (new version) aperture problem.

[Paul Chefurka <paul@chefurka.com>]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:50:41 +0800 (CST), williamhu99
<williamhu99@yahoo.com.tw> wrote:

>Dear All,
>  I recentlly bought a Tri-Elmar(2nd ver). A great
>lens. But I found that my lens has a problem when
>setting the aperture to f4. Especially at 50mm, I can
>not easily set the aperture to f4. Sometimes I need to
>turn the aperture ring with some force to set to f4. I
>am wondering that anyone else has a similar
>experience? The seller told me that it is normal. But
>I doubt it!

Here's one more voice saying it's not normal.

That said, it doesn't surprise me that you're seeing some kind of
mechanical problem with this lens.  I'm on my third one.  The first two had
detent problems - one on the aperture ring, one on the focal length
selector ring.  My current one functions properly.  I suspect that the
mechanical complexity of the lens is its Achilles heel.  The optical
quality is certainly up to Leica's standards.

Paul
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