Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How could the certificates be anything more than a marketing gimmick? Contrary to what Jim Brick said, it's not okay to ship lenses with black specks and chipped screw holes, especially when they are flagship products like the 90/2 APO Summicron. While I agree with him that these are optically insignificant, there is no excuse to ship a new and very expensive lens with them. It's probably the blacking from the inside of the lens barrel. Sorry for the analogy, but target pistols come with test targets - why don't Leica lenses come with test negatives? "Dr. Joseph Yao" wrote: > on 3/2/01 12:15 PM, r g at photos@nyc.rr.com wrote: > > > New lenses now come with a 'Test Certificate' with a hand written signature > > that says the lens was 'meticulously examined'. > > The signature I have here looks like 'Mooth'! > > rg > > I have just received a shipment of Noctilux today and they all have the > 'Test Certificate'. One of the lenses has a small but very noticeable > coating defect on the rear element. So much for that meticulously > examination! > > Cheers, > > Joseph