Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information