[Leica] do any of you know anything about lenses?

[Jim Shulman]

If you want a science project, fix the lens. If you want to take pictures,
get the Zeiss.
On Oct 28, 2014 11:44 AM, "kyle cassidy on the lug" <leicaslacker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey folks —
>
> I have this Canon Serenar 50 I’ve been using for 15 years as my main lens
> and recently something weird happened, the focus hits a stop about 4mm from
> reaching the infinity stop. It happened once before, I was puzzled, and
> then … it wasn’t like that anymore.
>
> Using my x-ray vision, I can see inside the lens and it just looks like a
> bunch of elves doing magic, but I have a vague thought that there might be
> a screw that marks the infinity point that’s come loose and sometimes
> sticks up too far.
>
> I ordered a spanner wrench so I can open it up and look for something
> obvious, but apart from there being a loose rock inside the lens, or the
> maltise falcon, I’m not sure what to look for.
>
> Any thoughts from the council of Wizards?
>
> This might also be the universe telling me to buy a new lens.
>
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