Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Don, > My personal belief is that the Leitz designs are very build sensitive. Not to be contentional, what do you base this on ? Are we talking mechanical build design, or optical design ? I usually hear about new Leica equipment of of whack but then work fine a long time after adjustment. Seems more a QC problem than a design problem to me. Thanks for any clarifications, - - Phong - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> > Rafael, > I wouldn't condemn all 28 Summicrons based on the sample provided. I > suspect this one is flawed and needs to be returned. For example, last week > one of the group complained that his/her 24 ASPH flared like crazy: yet I > can not make mine flare, even when shooting diagonally into the sun. > > My personal belief is that the Leitz designs are very build sensitive. So > if an element is a little out of place then really bad things happen. That > might be why all aspheric lenses go back to Solms for repair. > > I can say that many on this list treasure the performance of their 28. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html