Leica All Day
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Hello everybody.....
My 28mm elmarit v3 somehow got messed up when I was in Myanmar.....First off, the focusing started to "slip" a couple of days into my trip, it seemed like as I was focusing the lens something would not "grip" and it would "slip" a little bit....annoying as it was, I could still use the lens and didn't think a lot about it.....then a couple of days later the front ring became detached from body and now the thing swivels a full 360 quite easily.....the lens shade, the filter and the front ring that has the white aperture dot on it (see photo) now swivels around like a carousal......
In the photo you will notice that I am missing one of the two posts that connects to the lens shade.....that post has been missing for 6 years and it has never given me a problem....the lens shade has been held in place by just one of the posts and it hasn't really bothered me that much throughout the years....
I inspected the lens closely and none of the screws are missing or loose on the front part of the lens that has become loose......when I rotate the front ring I notice that there is a slight "click" where it is supposed to be (aperture dot aligned properly)...but it doesn't stay there.....I can't figure out how it became detached.....
Does anybody have any ideas.......did it "de-cement".........has anybody used this lens and have had this problem?
I noticed that the lens elements do not rotate, just the front ring, the filter and the shade....I continued using the lens lens after I noticed what happened since the elements were not moving...
I plan on sending the lens off to Sherry and getting it repaired.....it is my "go-to" lens and I have used it a lot over the years....I know it looks rough, but the elements are clean and scratch free......
any body have any idea what happened?
also a part of the foot on my 15mm vc viewfinder also broke during my trip......but it hasn't really affected anything....the viewfinder still fits snug in my hotshoe.
cheers, michael
My 28mm elmarit v3 somehow got messed up when I was in Myanmar.....First off, the focusing started to "slip" a couple of days into my trip, it seemed like as I was focusing the lens something would not "grip" and it would "slip" a little bit....annoying as it was, I could still use the lens and didn't think a lot about it.....then a couple of days later the front ring became detached from body and now the thing swivels a full 360 quite easily.....the lens shade, the filter and the front ring that has the white aperture dot on it (see photo) now swivels around like a carousal......
In the photo you will notice that I am missing one of the two posts that connects to the lens shade.....that post has been missing for 6 years and it has never given me a problem....the lens shade has been held in place by just one of the posts and it hasn't really bothered me that much throughout the years....
I inspected the lens closely and none of the screws are missing or loose on the front part of the lens that has become loose......when I rotate the front ring I notice that there is a slight "click" where it is supposed to be (aperture dot aligned properly)...but it doesn't stay there.....I can't figure out how it became detached.....
Does anybody have any ideas.......did it "de-cement".........has anybody used this lens and have had this problem?
I noticed that the lens elements do not rotate, just the front ring, the filter and the shade....I continued using the lens lens after I noticed what happened since the elements were not moving...
I plan on sending the lens off to Sherry and getting it repaired.....it is my "go-to" lens and I have used it a lot over the years....I know it looks rough, but the elements are clean and scratch free......
any body have any idea what happened?
also a part of the foot on my 15mm vc viewfinder also broke during my trip......but it hasn't really affected anything....the viewfinder still fits snug in my hotshoe.
cheers, michael
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