[Leica] 90 Summicron (Canada): still front-focussing!

Spencer Cheng spencer at aotera.org
Fri Jan 13 18:28:53 PST 2017


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



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