Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier, Y'know , If I were that unlucky I would not advertise it to the world. I have always tried to keep my stupid mistakes to myself.( and Don Goldberg!) Jerry Ric Carter wrote: > OUCH! > > At least the Heliar is built to cope with such problems. > > ric > > > On Sep 18, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote: > >> Seems to be a bad week for some LUGgers like Daniel and me. >> >> Was at the Rheinfall in Schaffhausen with one of my sons and our dog. >> Had the dogleash in the left ellbow and wanted to change two lenses, >> a 15mm Heliar and a 50mm collapsible Summicron. Following Murphy's >> law the dog pulled the leash in the very wrong moment, and both >> lenses dropped off my hands to the stoney ground, at the border of >> the Rhein river. The heavier Summicron stayed in front of me, the >> lighter Heliar rolled over the stones toward the water. With a >> brilliant goalkeeper dive roll parade my son could catch it before it >> reached the river. >> >> No glass was touched. But the brass bayonet mount of the Summicron >> has a tough ding which needs to be filed off. That's less bad than >> what happened to the Aluminium body of the Heliar. The inbuilt hood >> wing was slightly bended toward the lens, and both aperture and focus >> rings were strongly hit and are now almost unusable. I can focus when >> the aperture ring is at wide open, but as soon as I stop down, the >> focus ring is completely blocked. The aperture ring itself needs much >> power to move. >> >> I have now fixed it to f5.6-8 (sweet spot of that lens) and almost at >> infinity - a setting that works in 90% of the shots I make with it. >> >> Maybe I'll disassemble it one day. Will see. >> >> Didier >> >> >> >> >> >> >