Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] SL Lens Choices
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:48:19 -0400
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I heard back from Leica and they are sending a label for the lens to be
shipped back and fixed.  They promise to have it back before I leave for
Russia!!

Tina

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Jim.  Yes, I'm still using the "wiggle fix".  I wrote to my repair
> person at Leica asking if they have come up with a fix but haven't heard
> back.  I hope she hasn't retired!!
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to both you and your audience.  I'm glad they are
>> interested in something besides a smartphone.
>>
>> Are you still using the "wiggle fix" when the 24-90 hangs up, or has that
>> gone away, or been corrected?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
>> On 9/13/2016 2:27 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> I agree and will save my SL for Leica lenses only!  I can use all of my M
>>> and R lenses on it, I have the 24-90 and hope to get the fast 50 made for
>>> the SL.
>>> At my lecture this morning (which was standing room only), the students
>>> had
>>> lots of questions about Leica, which they had never heard of before!
>>> They
>>> also had lots of intelligent questions about Syrian refugees and
>>> documentary photography - I was impressed.  There were well over 100
>>> people
>>> in a room that seats 82.  I'm just glad it's over ;-)
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Which, given that lenses are Leica?s greatest strength, seems absurd.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nathan
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>> <
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>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>>> YNWA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13 Sep 2016, at 20:43, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> curious isn't it. We have always talked about using Leica lenses on
>>>>> other
>>>>> bodies, we now can use other lenses on a Leica body.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Frank Verizon 2 2016 <
>>>>>
>>>> red735i at verizon.net>
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Novoflex has announced full automation adapters (AF and aperture
>>>>>>
>>>>> control)
>>>>
>>>>> for use on the SL body. Adapter for Canon EF lenses and the Nikon G (
>>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> ones without aperture rings) lenses. The Canon adapter was announced
>>>>>> several months ago. The Nikon adapter will be announced at Photokina
>>>>>>
>>>>> next
>>>>
>>>>> week. That will dramatically enlarge the number of lenses that you
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> use on the SL. (Until Leica can broaden their offerings).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
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>
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