Re: [Leica] Black Hole?

["Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>]

Why not just sell it, then buy a new Noctilux?  You'd only pay the difference,
and that might well be no more than you're likely to have to pay for the
adjustment, particularly if they have to break one of the elements to get into
it.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Zeissler, Mitch" <mzeissle@gcipoa.gannett.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 20:48
Subject: RE: [Leica] Black Hole?


> It's a very early version of the f/1.0 [1975 serial: 2749xxx].  It has
> the stiffest focusing I've ever encountered with any lens from any
> manufacturer.  I thought it would loosen up with use, but it did not.  I
> was willing to live with it until I made the mistake of attending the
> Leica Day they had here last fall, when I played with other lenses that
> focusing buttery smooth.
>
> Sherry tried all of her tricks and couldn't fix it, saying it ultimately
> would have to go to Solms.  She also said it was so securely sealed that
> she thought they would have to go in through the front element [thereby
> breaking it] to open it up.
>
> The reason I'm wanting to make a stink relatively early in the game is
> that I want the lens back before we go on vacation.  It has already been
> sorely missed during a once-in-a-lifetime family gathering and I want to
> avoid any further misses as much as possible.
>
> /Mitch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shino@ubspainewebber.com [mailto:shino@ubspainewebber.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:17 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Black Hole?
>
>
> this is rather frightening.  what was wrong with the lens?  what kind
> of noctilux is it?
>
> -rei
>
> > From: "Zeissler, Mitch" <mzeissle@gcipoa.gannett.com>
> >
> > I am now in the same boat with my beloved Noctilux.  I sent the lens
> to
> > Leica NJ in mid-April and received a very fast response from them
> > indicating the lens needed to be forwarded to Solms, which I approved.
> >
> > It has now been just over two months since I gave approval.  I have
> > called and called Leica NJ.  I have sent e-mail to Leica NJ.  The
> latest
> > response from Leica NJ, dated this past Sunday morning, is that they
> > "did indeed contact them [Solms] - they had not cleared the lens
> through
> > their estimation process yet".
> >
> > Can someone forward me off-list the e-mail address of Herr Cohn?  I
> > think that two months without an estimate is beyond reason at this
> > point.
> >
> > /Mitch