Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don and others, Who would you suggest for the Nikkors? I have a couple in LTM and one in Contax mount that are somewhat short of outstanding in their performance. I suspect that they are capable of better performance. Mark On 7/22/05, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >