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Subject: [Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:33:27 -0500
References: <200903152311.BNA23644@rg5.comporium.net> <314CFD51-B4DB-4588-A41B-1E5254B46C05@embarqmail.com>

My 21/f4 CV back element screws came loose after I had the lens for only a 
week. I tightened everything up and years later no problem. But it seems it 
did come from the factory with loose screws.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Carter" <ricc at embarqmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws


> nothing like it here on my nokton or ultron
>
> ric
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> LUG:
>>
>> I really liked this lens and was using it a lot.  Then, before my  trip 
>> to Peru, I was taking photos with it when I suddenly noticed  that all of 
>> the blades had dropped.  It had seemed a little stiff  before that but no 
>> other hints of problems.  I may have even written  the LUG about it at 
>> the time.  I sent the lens back to Camera Quest,  it should have been 
>> under warranty.  I sent it overnight and was  hoping to get it back 
>> before the Peru trip but that didn't work  out.  Stephen e-mailed me in 
>> Peru and said that all of the internal  screws had come loose - as if 
>> they had been vibrated loose on a  plane.  The problem is that I had 
>> never taken that lens on any  trip.  The only time it might have been on 
>> plane was shipping it to  me. In any case, the loose screws were not 
>> covered by the one-year  warranty so I have to pay $60 labor for 
>> rescrewing the screws -  (+the overnight shipping, but that was my 
>> fault.)
>>
>> What I want to know is - do the CV lenses have this problem often?   I've 
>> taken my Leica lenses on many, many plane and jeep and other  rough trips 
>> and the only one that has had a problem was my Noctilux  which vibrated 
>> loose from the lens mount and fell in the mud, but  that was after 20 
>> years of travel.
>>
>> If I have to pay to have the screws reattached after every trip,  this 
>> lens will hardly be worth it.  Has anybody else had this  problem with CV 
>> lenses?
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
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Replies: Reply from ekowaleski at twmi.rr.com (Edward Kowaleski) ([Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws)
In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws)
Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws)