Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/3/02 8:18:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, drlee9@earthlink.net writes: > I broke the 28-70 (it took a > header from about 5ft onto a carpeted floor while attached to an EOS-1V HS. > Broke in two. ) It snapped right at the base Thirty years ago at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi I dropped a 35/2 Summicron from just under 5 feet onto a hard tile bathroom floor. Bent bayonet flange. Sent to Vinnie Fochtman, top lens guy at Leitz/Rockleigh, with request to examine and repair flange only if lens elements all perfectly centered and undamaged and mechanical functions flawless, otherwise return for me to sell and replace. Lens back in two weeks, no charge. Vinnie said lens perfect and he was able to "unbend" the bent flange to perfect alignment without replacing entire flange. That's what we pay for when we buy Leica cameras and lenses. The same reason people used to buy Zeiss Ikon Contax cameras and lenses (you're welcome, Marc). Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html