Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry for you Didier, I'd hate my dog, and myself after that. Do you have an insurance of some sort? Phil...x Ric Carter wrote: > OUCH! > > At least the Heliar is built to cope with such problems. > > ric > > > On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote: > >> Seems to be a bad week for some LUGgers like Daniel and me. >> >> Was at the Rheinfall in Schaffhausen with one of my sons and our >> dog. Had the dogleash in the left ellbow and wanted to change two >> lenses, a 15mm Heliar and a 50mm collapsible Summicron. Following >> Murphy's law the dog pulled the leash in the very wrong moment, and >> both lenses dropped off my hands to the stoney ground, at the border >> of the Rhein river. The heavier Summicron stayed in front of me, the >> lighter Heliar rolled over the stones toward the water. With a >> brilliant goalkeeper dive roll parade my son could catch it before >> it reached the river. >> >> No glass was touched. But the brass bayonet mount of the Summicron >> has a tough ding which needs to be filed off. That's less bad than >> what happened to the Aluminium body of the Heliar. The inbuilt hood >> wing was slightly bended toward the lens, and both aperture and >> focus rings were strongly hit and are now almost unusable. I can >> focus when the aperture ring is at wide open, but as soon as I stop >> down, the focus ring is completely blocked. The aperture ring itself >> needs much power to move. >> >> I have now fixed it to f5.6-8 (sweet spot of that lens) and almost >> at infinity - a setting that works in 90% of the shots I make with it. >> >> Maybe I'll disassemble it one day. Will see. >> >> Didier >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >