Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi John, I know some people use your news to may be "condemn" Leica of lesser workmanship, compare to days of old, but I can assure you that my asking is for a different reason - that I am seriously considering sinking a chunk of change on this lens (which would go against my rule of "not getting a lens new") so I just want Tom's opinions on the build quality as well. I appreciate your original report and all the subsequent links! At 05:28 AM 11/10/2004, John Collier wrote: >Hey People!! > >I keep hearing the problem with my lens as proving, or at least hinting >darkly, that the design of the 50 Summilux-Asph must be flawed. Horse >pucky!! Mine is the only lens I have heard that has had problems and I >have read about almost ten others by now. Can't we treat mine as an >unfortunate anomaly until proven otherwise? I think next time I'll keep my >big mouth shut until a problem is resolved! > >John Collier > >PS: You can't seriously think that Tom wouldn't comment on an annoying >sticky focus movement!!! // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)