Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:06:55 +1000
References: <200903152311.BNA23644@rg5.comporium.net> <p06230914c5e623f36fd8@10.0.1.199> <A2F279FC-FA27-41B1-9817-191903967A9A@mac.com> <E97EF4BD-E10C-4C63-848D-8D4EADC64136@cox.net>

Steve I suspect that was bad judgement in this instance rather than
necessarily policy. As can be seen by discussions on this here, I think that
decision was wrong and it has cost Cameraquest some good will with this
group of customers too. The distributor here for Voigtlander is extremely
helpful. I have no personal experience dealing with Cameraquest.

2009/3/19 Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net>

>
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:57 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>
> My only experience with these is the 15mm.
>> I've had the lens for a little over 2 years - so far so good.
>> While these reports give one pause;
>>
>
> especially when one finds that warranty does not include events that
> normally are covered...Steve
>
>
>
>
> The prices and optics are so good
>> that we'd have to assume
>> that they're cutting costs somewhere
>> (mechanical design or manufacture).
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
>>
>> I've had a 50 Nokton that had the aperture blades come unattached and at
>>> present both my 15 and 12 CV's need parts retightened. Things inside the 
>>> 12
>>> are rattling alarmingly. I've had to retighten the mount on the 21 CV.
>>>
>>
>>
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Cheers
Geoff
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Nokton 35/1.2 Lens, loose screws)