Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] SL Lens Jammed
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:12:36 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1ApNKgBLRtM5mpnX3+iHj5QgL38Gy4=Np5SKGcB6+7jHg@mail.gmail.com>
 
Tina, I just checked the SL pages on the Leica Forum, and find no one 
else mentioning the problem.  Is it possible some lint got inside the 
barrel?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/31/2016 8:56 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> LUG
>
> Two days into my month-long trip to Istanbul and Iran, my SL 24-90 has
> jammed.  It wasn't damaged in any way, but the zoom is stuck on 24 and
> won't go any further.  It started out by getting very stiff to turn and
> then stopped completely.  This is the lens that I planned on using the most
> in Iran.
>
> I've e-mailed Leica but haven't heard anything back and don't know what
> they could do anyway.
>
> If you have any quick suggestions on how to unstick a lens, I will try
> anything at this point.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
>
In reply to: Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] SL Lens Jammed)