Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] 90 Summicron (Canada): still front-focussing!
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:28:53 -0500
References: <CAFT=JcAAxB2B1Ncts1_emU_jsHBNNit6rTqpYHGPtQqfyWhifg@mail.gmail.com>
 
Peter,

> On Jan 13, 2017, at 20:55, Peter Cheyne <peter.cheyne at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> "Unfortunately this lens cannot be repaired anymore because of no more
> available spare parts."
> 
> That answer seems to say that Leica Germany will not correct the focus of
> this lens either. Don Goldberg recommended I send it to Leica Germany (who,
> from the message above, don't seem willing to do it). The reply is rather
> frustrating, because the answer seems like a non sequitur, unless spare
> parts really are needed to correct focus.
> 

Sounds like a bit of a Catch-22. I bet Kindermann (or whatever they are 
called these days) has the parts but not the alignment machinery. Leica 
Germany has the machinery but not the parts.

Regards,
Spencer
In reply to: Message from peter.cheyne at gmail.com (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] 90 Summicron (Canada): still front-focussing!)