Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]nothing like it here on my nokton or ultron ric On Mar 15, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > I really liked this lens and was using it a lot. Then, before my > trip to Peru, I was taking photos with it when I suddenly noticed > that all of the blades had dropped. It had seemed a little stiff > before that but no other hints of problems. I may have even written > the LUG about it at the time. I sent the lens back to Camera Quest, > it should have been under warranty. I sent it overnight and was > hoping to get it back before the Peru trip but that didn't work > out. Stephen e-mailed me in Peru and said that all of the internal > screws had come loose - as if they had been vibrated loose on a > plane. The problem is that I had never taken that lens on any > trip. The only time it might have been on plane was shipping it to > me. In any case, the loose screws were not covered by the one-year > warranty so I have to pay $60 labor for rescrewing the screws - > (+the overnight shipping, but that was my fault.) > > What I want to know is - do the CV lenses have this problem often? > I've taken my Leica lenses on many, many plane and jeep and other > rough trips and the only one that has had a problem was my Noctilux > which vibrated loose from the lens mount and fell in the mud, but > that was after 20 years of travel. > > If I have to pay to have the screws reattached after every trip, > this lens will hardly be worth it. Has anybody else had this > problem with CV lenses? > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information