[Leica] Any other 280mm f/4 APO users?

[Doug Herr]

Thanks Tina I'll let you know how it works out in two years ;) or sooner if the ROM lens wants the same attention.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 19, 2014 2:59 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Any other 280mm f/4 APO users?
>
>Doug -
>
>You need to make friends with the person who handles your lens when you
>send it in for servicing.  Send them some photos to show what you are doing
>with that lens!  Mine take a maximum of 6 weeks and, if I'm leaving on a
>trip, I've had them turn a CLA lens around in less than a week.  You can
>also request a loaner if the lens is going to be out of commission for
>longer than a week or two.
>
>Be assertive.  They are there to serve you.  Anybody who gives Leica the
>positive publicity that you do deserves the best of service and that's not
>what you are getting!
>
>Good luck,
>
>Tina
>
>On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>>
>> My 3-cam 280mm f/4 APO requires a CLA every two years (sticky diaphragm,
>> every two years) and the turnaround is months.  It's scheduled to return
>> from the latest CLA next week tuesday, six months after I sent it to Leica
>> USA for service (I called last week and was told OMG that's too long, I'll
>> bump it to the front of the line and thanks for not yelling).
>>
>> Six months every two years is 25% down time!  If not for the spectacular
>> image quality this lens produces I'd have dumped it years ago.  This year I
>> was prepared, I had sold almost every other lens to pay for a second 280mm
>> f/4 APO so I could continue making photos without sacrificing image quality.
>>
>> My question to other 280/4 users: Is a sticky diaphragm every two years
>> typical?  The optimist in me wants to believe that whatever makes my lens
>> get sticky so regularly will be fixed this time OTOH I'm not selling the
>> ROM 280 any time soon.
>>
>> Grrrrr.
>>
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>>
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