Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/05

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Subject: [Leica] Question about my poor broken lens.
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu Apr 5 06:16:05 2007

The same thing happened to my 50/2.5 Skopar. Not repairable. The lens barrel 
was compressed/bent on one side, binding the focusing helicoid. Mine took a 
harder hit than yours. Viewed from the side, it was bent like a lensbaby.
--
Jeffery

---- alvaro sendon <alvaro.sendon@verizon.net> 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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