Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:28 AM 23-02-97 +0800, you wrote: >Hi everyone, > >My 35 Summicron had it's aperture ring stuck, and repair at Leica in Germany >quoted me the dazzling cost of 90% of the cost of a new lens. I had it sent >back to me without anything done. > >So now my only lens is the 50 Summicron, which has been the only thing that >I have been living with since the days, weeks, months that my 35mm was >having it's fun-filled holiday in Germany. So I was thinking of getting the >Konica Hexar as opposed to a new 35mm. It's cheaper for one thing. > >Any comments on that?? Or is there someone willing to sell me a used 35mm?? > >--Adi > This sounds a bit fishy to me! I thought that the entire aperture assembly could be replaced in an M lens at a fairly reasonable cost (that is, compared with the cost of a new lens). Dan C.