Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina A few years ago Tom Abrahamson proved to me that the CV 35/1.2 was a big heavy lens and could not do much more than the Summilux 35mm. Now that you add it's sensitivity to vibration, I would avoid it like Brazilian OJ. :-) Just confirms why I have never been satisfied with non-Leica lenses. BTW, I have done a lot of air traveling with Leica gear in the last 55 years,military jets, prop driven airplanes, jets and helicopters and NEVER had any camera problems. I've even flown in a Ford Trimotor and THAT vibrates. Jerry Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > I really liked this lens and was using it a lot. Then, before my trip > to Peru, I was taking photos with it when I suddenly noticed that all > of the blades had dropped. It had seemed a little stiff before that > but no other hints of problems. I may have even written the LUG about > it at the time. I sent the lens back to Camera Quest, it should have > been under warranty. I sent it overnight and was hoping to get it > back before the Peru trip but that didn't work out. Stephen e-mailed > me in Peru and said that all of the internal screws had come loose - > as if they had been vibrated loose on a plane. The problem is that I > had never taken that lens on any trip. The only time it might have > been on plane was shipping it to me. In any case, the loose screws > were not covered by the one-year warranty so I have to pay $60 labor > for rescrewing the screws - (+the overnight shipping, but that was my > fault.) > > What I want to know is - do the CV lenses have this problem often? > I've taken my Leica lenses on many, many plane and jeep and other > rough trips and the only one that has had a problem was my Noctilux > which vibrated loose from the lens mount and fell in the mud, but that > was after 20 years of travel. > > If I have to pay to have the screws reattached after every trip, this > lens will hardly be worth it. Has anybody else had this problem with > CV lenses? > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >