Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> Just sharing some photos from the last week. My M8 is being >>> repaired at Solms, and calibrated with my 50 'Cron & 90 Tele- >>> Elmarit, so I bought an M7 and a Summilux 50 to offset my >>> withdrawal symptoms ;-) >>> >>> The Summilux, although brand new from the store, had a strange >>> problem. On my M3, M6 and my new M7, the 'Lux brought up the 50, >>> 75, 28 and 90 bright-lines all at once. This was most markedly so >>> on the M7, but happened to a lesser extent on the M3 and M6 too >>> (that is, on the M6 the wrong frame-lines were only partially >>> called up, and on the M3 the corners of the wrong frame-lines were >>> called up). I decided to return the 50 'Lux for a refund, but to >>> keep the M7. The store agreed that was acceptable, and they'd >>> deliver the M7 to Leica Japan to give the camera a CLA in case >>> there might be some dust in the bright-line mechanism that might >>> be accentuating the problem. Has anyone here seen or heard of >>> this problem with a lens before? >>> >>> These photos show a couple of days in the life of a foreigner >>> single dad in Japan. The colour photos were taken with Provia >>> 400X; the black and white with Kodak 400 CN. 'Smiling to the >>> restaurant' was obviously taken with flash, and with a Fuji Klasse >>> 38mm. Most of the others were taken with the 50 'Lux, which I >>> decided not to keep. Although the Lux was new from the store, it >>> was not the Asph version. The pre-asph still sells new in Japan >>> for about 265,000 yen (about 2,850 USD). Is that a decent price? >>> I don't know, but I felt it was a decent price, until I'd used my >>> copy for two or three days. The problem I had with my copy >>> bringing up the wrong bright-lines put me off, especially as the >>> lens was brand new. If I buy a new 'Lux again, I would make >>> double-sure that it would be fine to return it after a few days if >>> I found any problem. I felt a bit embarrassed returning this >>> lens, even though I knew I was returning a faulty product. >> >> Thanks for looking, >> >> Peter Cheyne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Waiting for the train in the rain >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4659626717/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Smiling to the restaurant with grandparents and koala >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4660246866/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Random Power Ranger drops by outside department store >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4660247814/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Walking the kids through town >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4671208719/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Fast food stall, Kyushu style >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4671361015/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Queuing for a place at a noodle stall >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4671849354/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Neons over river >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4671171781/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Guys on the town >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4671884396/sizes/l/ >>> >>> Tipping the nightclub barmaid >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4671936622/sizes/l/ >