Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Much nicer than Solms. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >