[Leica] Leica lens CLA costs in Japan--front-focussing 90 Summicron (Canada)

[Dante Stella]

Try a piece of Scotch tape on the focus cam. If that works, four coats of nail polish where the cam meets the roller.

Dante

> On Dec 13, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter, 
> I wonder if the fix might not really fix the issue.  Do you know anyone who has a 90 Summi that has been adjusted and the adjustment solved the focus issue?  
> 
> Leo Wesson
> leowesson.com
> 
>> On Dec 13, 2016, at 03:14, Peter Cheyne <peter.cheyne at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I posted a week or two ago about sending my 90 Summicron (Leitz Canada) off
>> for focus adjustment in Japan, where I live. It think it needs a shim, and
>> it's front focussing by about 3 cms at normal portrait distances.
>> 
>> The repair man who has my lens now accepts that the lens is
>> front-focussing. At first he said it was fine, but after I sent him my M9,
>> with photos showing my other Leica lenses focussing perfectly, he agrees
>> with me about the front-focus problem.
>> 
>> He reports that the adjustment he has to make will mean that the mark on
>> the lens mount will no longer be in the correct place, so he will have to
>> fill in the old mark and make a new one. That seems a bit odd to me,
>> because my guess (though I'm not a lens repair person, I know!) was that it
>> just needed a shim. But what he says makes it sound like like he will
>> adjust the mount instead. Does anyone here think that sounds about right? I
>> mean, I would have thought that a shim would be the only fix needed. Isn't
>> adjusting the mount excessive?
>> 
>> The repair man says it will cost 23,000 (about $200). Is that a little
>> higher than it would cost in the US? I phoned Leica Japan to see what they
>> thought and they said they they cannot adjust Leica lenses that old, as
>> they don't have spare parts in case something goes wrong. What a cop-out!
>> Leica Germany CLA'd this lens for me about 5 or 6 years ago. Leica Japan
>> also said that if somehow they were to adjust my lens, the starting cost to
>> me would be from 56,000 yen (about $500), and likely more. Doesn't that
>> sound very excessive?
>> 
>> Any comments? Are Leica Japan taking advantage, or this this price roughly
>> equivalent with Leica Germany and Leica US prices? Anyway, I rarely ever
>> ask Leica Japan for repair estimates nowadays, as I always end up shaking
>> my head in disbelief!
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
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