Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/1.4 ASPH lense shade...is this thing a joke?
From: V8PWR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:41:05 EST

Dans un courrier daté du 15/03/00 19:46:30 Paris, Madrid, austin@darkroom.com 
a écrit :

<< I received a 35/1.4 ASPH today...and couldn't believe what they gave me 
for 
 a lens shade.  It's a flimsy little plastic clip on shade, and the clips 
 look like they're going to last about an hour....  This thing is a joke for 
 the kind of money these things cost...
 
 Another 'odd' 'feature' is the lense doesn't fit in its case with the shade 
 on.  The 24 does, so what would be the big deal making the cutout in the 
 foam for the 35 shade?
 
 The aperture ring twirls around as easily a high school cheer leader.... 
  The other lenses I have have positive detenting...the wind blows and this 
 one will pick another f-stop...
 
 Overall, this lense just isn't near as nicely 'fit and finished' as the 
 other two I have, and I am quite disappointed...  I hope it takes great 
 pictures though... >>

I posted a mail on the LUG a month ago complaining about the poor quality of 
the shade on the 35 LUX asph .
I was on a Leica day with the French Leica representatives and they could 
hardly remove the shade from it .
This thing is designed like those kids toys you draw from an automatic 
distributor for a quarter !
Surely the same designer crafted the 21 viewfinder .