Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] do any of you know anything about lenses?
From: jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:47:02 -0400
References: <1BA4C4E2-68F8-4898-AFDF-7A870A4D39DE@gmail.com>

If you want a science project, fix the lens. If you want to take pictures,
get the Zeiss.
On Oct 28, 2014 11:44 AM, "kyle cassidy on the lug" <leicaslacker at 
gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey folks ?
>
> I have this Canon Serenar 50 I?ve been using for 15 years as my main lens
> and recently something weird happened, the focus hits a stop about 4mm from
> reaching the infinity stop. It happened once before, I was puzzled, and
> then ? it wasn?t like that anymore.
>
> Using my x-ray vision, I can see inside the lens and it just looks like a
> bunch of elves doing magic, but I have a vague thought that there might be
> a screw that marks the infinity point that?s come loose and sometimes
> sticks up too far.
>
> I ordered a spanner wrench so I can open it up and look for something
> obvious, but apart from there being a loose rock inside the lens, or the
> maltise falcon, I?m not sure what to look for.
>
> Any thoughts from the council of Wizards?
>
> This might also be the universe telling me to buy a new lens.
>
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In reply to: Message from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the lug) ([Leica] do any of you know anything about lenses?)