[Leica] Question about my poor broken lens.

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

> Gee, I hope that your cat never gets sick.

I agree,

of course you would fit right into orthopedic surgery.


Steve






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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> telyt@earthlink.net
> Sent: Friday, 6 April 2007 01:03
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Question about my poor broken lens.
>
> Hoppy, stop reading NOW.
>
> My usual remedy for out-of-round stuff usually involves a  
> scewdriver or two (the tool) a mallet and a few blocks of wood.   
> The lens
> head of my 400mm
> f/6.8 rolled out of my van onto the pavement, bending the threads  
> where the mount tube attaches.  I'll spare you the gory details
> but it's sufficient to say that the lens head and mount tube now  
> fit together just as well as they did originally.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
> David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote:
>
>> Less than a month after I bought my 35/1.4 ASPH I dropped it when
>> changing lenses. It didn't fall far, and it landed on a wooden table.
>> No marks but it was stiff to focus. I sent it to Sherry. Apparently
>> the outer helicoid was slightly out of round. She fixed it in short
>> order and the lens has worked like a charm ever since. Focusing  
>> seemed
>> smoother than from the factory. It wasn't very expensive, I don't  
>> think.
>> I recall the drop....vividly. Details regarding the remedy are fuzzy
>> from time.
>>
>> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alvaro sendon [mailto:alvaro.sendon@verizon.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:30 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Question about my poor broken lens.
>
>
> Hello everybody,
>
>     I had what I like to call a "Bonk" moment last night.  Where  
> for no
> reason at all my Voigtlander 28mm F1.9 slipped out of my hands and
> smacked
> the floor.
>
> Nothing seemed apparently broken until I checked the focus ring and
> noticed
> the extreme stiffness when rotating it.  Does anyone know what is
> actually
> broken?
>
> Just trying to decide if it is worth fixing considering the price  
> of the
>
> lens.  Where can I send it to get fixed? Is it worth shipping it  
> out to
> DAG
> or Sherry Krauter?
>
>  I am thinking that if it is $225 and under I will fix it, anything
> above
> and I will have to consider it. Any opinions or suggestions will be
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you;
>
> Alvaro Sendon
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