Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] LUG Digest, Vol 51, Issue 65
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:32:17 +0100
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Much nicer than Solms.

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA









On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:58 PM, Montie wrote:

> Nice!  Just like Solms!? :-0  :-/  :-(
> 
> Montie
> 
> 
>>> I have been fortunate in not needing much camera service during the past 
>>> few 
> years. My M8 had to go back to Solms back in 2009 or 2010, and I had to 
> have 
> a bit of discussion with them to get them to honour the UK Passport 
> warranty, but in the end they did and I got the camera back.
> 
> Now my Fuji X100 developed the dreaded "sticky aperture blades" syndrome, 
> meaning that while the exposure would be determined by the aperture I set 
> on 
> the lens, say, f5.6, actual exposure would be at f2 (but with the shutter 
> speed and ISO appropriate for f5.6) thus resulting in massive overexposure.
> 
> Fui has 2 years warranty and I bought the X100 in the summer of 2011, so 
> all 
> was good. I got on the web page of their warranty service in Barcelona, 
> registered the defect online on 15th January, and downloaded the shipping 
> labels. The next day a private delivery company picked up the package, 
> free 
> of charge of course, and during the following days I was able to follow 
> the 
> repair on Fuji's web site. Finally, it was shipped to me yesterday and 
> arrived in my office this afternoon. The entire lens assembly was replaced 
> and the camera was CLA'd. Everything appears to be normal again.
> 
> Pretty good service, I'd say.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> 
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