[Leica] 50 Summilux-Asph warranty update

[lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)]

John,

Flash! Just had a mail from a "friend" that the titanium lens production is 
complete and that they are back to normal production with stock expected 
for North America in about 2 - 3 weeks. Hope this proves accurate.

Best Wishes,

William

At 08:59 AM 11/06/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Though I must confess that what is happening to me would not encourage a 
>new Leica user to expand their kit. It would be a heck of a shock to a 
>newbie to find out that they would be without their lens for a 
>considerable period of time after spending $2500US. What the solution is 
>for a small company like Leica, I don't know. Perhaps they could loan a 
>replacement lens until the problem is sorted out. Obviously not a Summilux 
>as they do not have any and they are a very low production lens even in 
>the non-Asph. But the loan of a Summicron might go a long way to keeping 
>the new customer happy.
>
>This is just theoretical musings as I do not want the loan of Summicron, 
>thank you very much.
>
>John Collier