Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] older lens CLA question
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Fri Jul 22 07:46:21 2005
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Bill,
As a general rule, the only lenses in your menagerie that I would
automatically CLA are the Canon's, especially if they date back to the
Serenar days.  Mostly to put modern lubricants on the helicals as all
my old Serenars benefited greatly from new lubricants.

As to the Nikkors, if you have a truly talented tech who understands
how to properly put a lens back together then you might do the
Nikkors.  Why you ask?  These lenses were assembled by some nice young
ladies with variable quality control; the lens might look good but
spacing could be off or elements not centered properly.  So, a
talented tech who knows how the lens should be could make you shooting
pleasure a pleasure instead of a hit or miss proposition.

I learned this when I had two 50 1.4's, one was a dog and the other
was truly outstanding.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 7/22/05, Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sirs/ Madams:
> 
> I have acquired a number of old Canon RF, Nikon Non-AI, and AI-S lenses 
> (all in excellent shape) in the last year. Should I get them CLA'd now 
> before I use them as a precautionary matter for pic quality, etc or would 
> it be a waste of $$$$? I can get it done for about $40 per each here in 
> Korea.
> 
> Maybe I'll use them for the next 20 yrs. before I "check out" permanently, 
> unless I can figure out a way to take them w/ me.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer) ([Leica] older lens CLA question)
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