[Leica] Question about my poor broken lens.

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Philip, you have just made me quite ill. Never post any message again that 
includes the words Summicron, vise, vicegrips and a file.
Yes, I do understand your circumstance ;-)

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Philip Forrest
Sent: Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:09
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about my poor broken lens.

Since it's a heavy Voigtlander lens, it's some nice brass.  Easily bendable 
when dropped, but this works to your advantage in
repair.
I dropped my 50 DR Sunnicron out in Iraq on a marble floor & bent the 
mounting flange good.
...an hour later after some work with a vise, channel locks, vise-grips and 
a file the lens was back to working fine.  The glass was
still perfect & that's what mattered.  
I'm not encouraging you to do a hack like I did.  Leica repair is hard to 
come by in Iraq, so I had to.  It's not too hard though
with the proper tools and knowledge.  
You probably bent a bit of the flange on the rear of the lens and it's 
impeding the motion of the focusing helical.  As long as your
glass is intact, a repair should definitely be worth it.  Especially so if 
you like this lens.
Philip

On Wednesday 04 April 2007 22:30:06 alvaro sendon wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
>     I had what I like to call a "Bonk" moment last night.  Where for 
> no reason at all my Voigtlander 28mm F1.9 slipped out of my hands and 
> smacked the floor.
>
> Nothing seemed apparently broken until I checked the focus ring and 
> noticed the extreme stiffness when rotating it.  Does anyone know what 
> is actually broken?
>
> Just trying to decide if it is worth fixing considering the price of 
> the lens.  Where can I send it to get fixed? Is it worth shipping it 
> out to DAG or Sherry Krauter?
>
>  I am thinking that if it is $225 and under I will fix it, anything 
> above and I will have to consider it. Any opinions or suggestions will 
> be appreciated.
>
> Thank you;
>
> Alvaro Sendon
>
>
>
>
>
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