Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ric, cheers Frank, Yeah, those instructions for the $40 brass or steel tab were not very clear. I put a black-painted steel one in my cart, then gave up when the shipping doubled the price. Instead I bought via eBay a pack of three of what seem to be hard rubber tabs with a thin strip seemingly flexible enough to fit a range of diameters, backed with double-sided tape. They should get the job done for a good while. Hopefully the fallen-off will show up one day. (Not expecting to find it, though, there seems to be a household or in-car black hole for things like that.) .............. .............. Best to read HOW to put the new tab on... he says you need, sometimes, to file down the head of some tiny screw.... from the INSIDE of the lens..... To quote: All of my focus tabs affix to the lens with an M1.6 nut (not supplied) glued into the back of the focus tab. An M1.6x3mm screw then screws into the tab from inside the lens (the head of the screw may need to be filed down to fit). See these threads here for details; Instructions, somewhat: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/269213-35mm-summilux-pre-ash-focus-tab-redux/ A picture of the back side of the focus tab: https://www.shapeways.com/product/36QMBSDJH/leica-35mm-summicron-v2-3-focus-tab?optionId=227928922&li=more-from-shop Do you know where to buy one M1.6 Nut? But I think that if you sent the lens and parts off to Sherri or DAG, they could rather easily perform the work.... might cost a bit more, but at least you would have it done. Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at Gmail.com On 1/23/2022 5:09 AM, RicCarter via LUG wrote: > An anonymous friend of mine recently confessed to this being a much less > simple replacemnt job than one might think. His multiple attempts ended up > in a repair shop. > > ric