Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, on the lens, I can only suggest that perhaps the cam is mis-cut or has some foreign body stuck to the surface? Sometimes you can trigger the wrong frame lines if the lens is not quite locked as well. Was the lens stiff to engage fully on the camera bodies? As new old stock it should still operate perfectly of course. I think that returning it was the right thing to do. With your M7(and other Ms of course) there is a very small pin in the finder mask operation that can sometimes stick. They should sort that out for you in the CLA then. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 6 June 2010 23:58, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > 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/ >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >