Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was just venting with a tad of humor in there. I think it's pretty funny that the Lecia folks in new Jersey mention Germany like it's some mysterious place where the Holy Grail is -- but have no idea what goes on there. It was kind of neat from a humor point of view -- and I try to find humor is everything -- Anyway, the lens is USA warranted, and I am quite surprised that it has been at Leica for three plus months. I have before and after film. The lens was dead on sharp until I began to notice some softness and a bit of glare or "halo" effect in some shots. Looking at the lens, the surface of the front element looked like the coating was coming off, kind of like an oil slick look to it with roughish edges. That make sense? Leica confirmed it, the coating was coming off. The only shooting I have been doing that is in the least bit unusual is a documentary on the restoration of a couple of antique steam locomotives. I'm thinking maybe there was something in the air from the arc welding, cutting, oils, solvents, etc. None of my other lens, Leica or Nikkor have been affected, aside from one Nikkor lens that took a direct hit on the skylight filter with a speck of hot metal. Melted a hole in it. That's what skylight filters are for. I'll call Leica on Monday and ask to speak with a supervisor. You're right, they have always dealt with Passport repairs in a timely manner. They recently replaced my newer M6 when the electronics in the hot shoe and PC socket began to work only intermittently. Carl Cook Olympia, WA At 03:12 PM 6/23/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 09:22:20 -0700 >From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Black Hole? >Message-ID: <008801c0fc00$ad9693a0$0201a8c0@Workgroup> >References: > >If you bought a USA Passport Warranteed lens, the repair should have been >completed in about 9 nanoseconds..... with the replacement of the lens. > >If the lens were grey market ( International Warranty) then the repair >should take 10 nanoseconds. Same result.... new lens. > >When items that are obviously defective are not immediately taken care of, I >would scream like crazy until the replacement were in my hands...... > >I will assume that the lens is defective, and that this is not due to some >bizarre user abuse..... I wonder how you can see the flaking coating ( which >is moelecules thick), and more to the point, that coating would have maybe a >miniscule effect on the negs.......how do you tell the negs are so bad if >this is the only damage to the lens???? DO you have before and after >pictutres to compare? > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > >------------------------------