Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/10

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Subject: Re: Leica Still Makes Good Cameras
From: "Charles E. Albertson" <chucko@ricochet.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:28:39 -0700

Richard---
	No worries. Even with the aperture ring cranked wide open, the diaphragm
blades of my Summicron intrude a bit as well.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

At 08:37 PM 4/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Need advice: I was trying out a 35mm Summicron lens at home last night and
>it fell out of my hand and hit our home's wooden floor 12 inches lower.  My
>heart skipped a beat.  It seemed to land on the edge of the lens shade.
>The lens looks fine, seems to be OK for the most part but I'm not sure if
>the maximum aperture is working.  If I set it for f 2.0 and look in the
>front of the lens, I can still see the diaphram blades coming into the lens
>just a little bit.  Turning the aperture ring doesn't get them to retract
>100%.  Does anyone else out there see this on their 35mm Summicron?  I