Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for that info, the two new lenses I recently bought must of been old stock before the 'Test Certificate' procedure became the status quo. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "r g" <photos@nyc.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Specks in new Leica Lens > New lenses now come with a 'Test Certificate' with a hand written signature > that says the lens was 'meticulously examined'. > The signature I have here looks like 'Mooth'! > rg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "matt" <mahv@xtra.co.nz> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 9:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Specks in new Leica Lens > > > > I have never seen a 'quality assurance' tag on a new Leica lens yet, are > > they supposed to be there? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 2:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Specks in new Leica Lens > > > > > > > Was there a signed QA tag? > > > > > > > > > Vick > > > > > > > > > matt wrote: > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu> > > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:30 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Specks in new Leica Lens > > > > > > > > > matt jotted down the following: > > > > > > > > > > > I would of thought that Leica quality control should be able to > > detect > > > > these > > > > > > type of things and rectify them before sending them out. > > > > > > > > > > How do you know that they were present at the time the lenses left > > Leica? > > > > > > > > > > M. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Martin Howard | "I am Pentium of Borg. Division > > is > > > > > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | futile. You will be > > approximated." > > > > > email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- > > Unknown > > > > > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ > > +--------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well I don't for sure. However the lenses had never been handled since > > they > > > > left the factory, therefore the natural assumption is that the specks > > were > > > > there when they left the factory. > > > > > > > >