Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A 35mm Summicron-M (#3240782) from ca. 1982 which I've owned and used since about 1987 has developed a bit of "wiggle" just discernable in the focus lever. If one grasps the front of the lens--or the hood--either with lens mounted or especially when holding the lens in hand, motion is quite discernable. Mind you I *like* the images this lens produces rather a lot and have no intention of parting with it. Should lenses be periodically looked after, e.g., adjustments, lubrications? And so I ask where one should turn to have it best attended to? I am in the Boston area. Leica, NJ? Other...? Another hypothesis: I am a musician by profession. One of those long-hair conservatory trained sorts; an organist and harpsichordist whose hands are supposed to notice and control things which move and discern minute changes in things like KEY action. Am I perhaps being too critical of a lens? Thanks in advance for any advice. rwyble@erols.com Richard J. Wyble