Mount seems to be broken

[jmarcus]

Anyone had their mount replaced? When the Voigtlander 35 1.2 is used the lens rotates freely in the mount. It doesn't happen with other lenses, I went to Calumet the other day and put the lens on an M6 and it didn't budge.

Thanks,
James

 

[jonmanjiro]

I doubt many people have had to replace the lens mount on their R-D1, but Epson still repairs them so no problem to get it replaced.

 

[pagpow]

So... on your RD1s, only one lens has this problem and the same lens does not have the problem on an M6?

 

[fotomeow]

Anyone had their mount replaced? When the Voigtlander 35 1.2 is used the lens rotates freely in the mount. It doesn't happen with other lenses, I went to Calumet the other day and put the lens on an M6 and it didn't budge.

Funny you should bring this up ........
I just bought a 90/2.8 Elmarit and this lens is doing exactly what you just described. I bought my RD1s used about 6 months ago (6k clicks), and just found out that I can rotate this lens off of my RD1s mount if I put a reasonable amount of pressure on it and rotate it right off. I Then put the same 90/2.8 on my M6 and it does not rotate off. I hope someone can give us more info about this issue as it seems more common than I realized.

 

[gliderbee]

FWIW, I have a Zeiss Ikon, and have used the CV Heliar 50/3.5 (the collapsable LTM version) on it. It happened now three times that I suddenly have the lens in my left hand and the camera in my right, without them still being connected ! The first time, the lens nearly fell on the grond ..
When I fix it on the camera, I can't move it anymore and it seems ok, so I'm not sure it's not me inadvertenly pressing the lens-release button, but I never had this with another camera or another lens (but I didn't use the ZI that much yet, and didn't try the lens on another camera yet). The pictures that I made with this combo came out fine.

Stefan.

Anyone had their mount replaced? When the Voigtlander 35 1.2 is used the lens rotates freely in the mount. It doesn't happen with other lenses, I went to Calumet the other day and put the lens on an M6 and it didn't budge.

Funny you should bring this up ........
I just bought a 90/2.8 Elmarit and this lens is doing exactly what you just described. I bought my RD1s used about 6 months ago (6k clicks), and just found out that I can rotate this lens off of my RD1s mount if I put a reasonable amount of pressure on it and rotate it right off. I Then put the same 90/2.8 on my M6 and it does not rotate off. I hope someone can give us more info about this issue as it seems more common than I realized.

 

[efkbl]

The M-mounts tolerance seems to differ quite a lot between the different lens and mounts manufacturers. My 21mm Skopar (CV) is easy to mount on my R-D1, but I can't turn it enough on my M2 to lock it. My other lenses fit nicely on both bodies.

 

[jmarcus]

So... on your RD1s, only one lens has this problem and the same lens does not have the problem on an M6?

This is correct.

If I move the lens in the mount it actually pushes the part that locks the lens in place up and to the right. I have had the 35 1.2 for a year now and it stopped locking in January of this year.

Thanks,
James