Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 motor-winder vs. drive (mo' better)
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:54:56 -0600

Dan,

What falls apart? Does the glass retaining ring loosen? Does the pivot come
apart?

Curious in Edmonton

> From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
>
> Right now as I write this, I have a universal polarizer at Leica NJ that
> fell apart on me.  It did this a few months after I bought it and I took it
> to my local shop which kindly offered to ship it back for repair even
> though, as far as I know, there is know warranty on this item (it DOES cost
> a bundle, however).
> 
> Leica kept it for several weeks (at least two months) before returning it.
> It seems they tightened it up a bit, but that was all, as after one
> afternoon's use the polarizer fell apart again.  I took it back to the same
> shop who again shipped it off to NJ.  That was two months ago.  I phoned the
> local shop to get a status report; they phoned NJ for me, then called me
> back to report that it was being worked on and would be 7-10 business days.
> 
> I'll wait and see what happens this time around, but if the polarizer still
> isn't fixed, I'll be in a bit of quandary.  I suppose a call to NJ "calmly
> and simply" explaining the situation will be the best course of action.  In
> the end, all I want is a working polarizer--I don't care too much how I get
> it.  I just miss having it, as I find it immensely useful!
>