Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon Lamb writes: > This was done by Hasselblad technicians at their > Wembley, UK headquarters. Perhaps that is the key. I've heard wildly varying stories about Leica repair, though. I get the impression that there are six people in the world who can rebuild anything made by Leica so that it is _better_ than new ... and then there are hundreds of other service technicians who don't even have a clue, and will ruin anything they touch. And there doesn't seem to be any reliable way to filter through them in advance, or even to guarantee that the right person sees the equipment. > I would be wary of using third party repairers > but, if a lens has to be repaired, then I wouldn't > hesitate to use the facilities of the manufacturer. I agree, but this is more of a gray area than repair per se, because just adjusting the feel of a lens really has no effect on its performance, and so you are risking damage to the performance of the lens in exchange for a change to something that never had any influence on performance. It is a much less calculable risk than getting a clearly-broken lens repaired. Obviously you have nothing to lose by getting a cracked element replaced, but when the optics are perfect, is it really a good idea to pull the lens apart to adjust the tightness of a ring? > They will have the correct repair and test > equipment to ensure that the lens is in perfect > post-repair condition. And if someone slips and scratches an element or strips a screw thread, do you think they'll tell you about it and/or replace the lens/assembly?