Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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! >