Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken- I would suggest that you send it to Sherry, DAG, John Van Stelten, anyone but Leica in NJ. If you want to hear a horror story for Hallowe'en, send me a private email. My mama said, "If you can't say any thing nice about someone, don't say anything at all..." so I'll reserve my comments to private email! Dan (You gotta be kiddin'?!) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Lai" <ken@compose.com.hk> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 8:18 PM Subject: [Leica] Chrome Summilux 50 > I have just received the 2nd version chrome 50 summilux I bought on eBay. > The glass is in v. good condition. But the focus ring is kind of funky. On > one end (1m) the ring is quite tight, and then at around 2m, it suddenly > becomes loose, then suddenly tighten at around 2.5m and loosen again and > then tighten up again after 5m. I haven't taken any shots with this lens yet > so I am not sure whether this will cause any problem. Also the aperture ring > is tight for 1.4 to 5.6 and after 5.6 becomes much looser. > > Are these expected behaviour of older lenses? Should I send this back to > Leica and have someone CLA it? Given that the glass is so clean, I really > don't want someene to take apart my lens just to smoothen the focus and > aperture ring tension. But if this indicates some bigger problems, then I > will probably either return the lens or have it CLA'ed. What do you think? > > Ken Lai > >