Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can I get your opinions? 13 months ago I sent my Canon sm 50mm 1.2 lens for a CLA. The glass was very clear, but both the aperture and focus were stiff enough to be a problem. There was oil on the aperture blades. The $100 CLA seemed to do the trick until 2 months ago, when I noticed the aperture was stiff from 2.8 to 1.2, and observed a small amount of lubricant near the inner 1/4 of several blades. After a roll or two, that migrated, and now lubricant covers all the blades, causing two of them to hang-up at 2.0. I've stopped using the lens for fear of breaking anything. The repair facility has refused to back their work saying that the Canon 50 1.2 is prone to this lubricant migration. The lens was never in extreme conditions--no Gobi Desert, no glove box storage, etc., and has not seen much use, (literally under 10 rolls). Am I wrong to be annoyed about this lack of service? Have others had this problem with this lens? Thanks, Patrick __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html