My Nokton f/1.1 is in trouble...

[gravitino]

I recently bought a 50mm Nokton from eBay (bad choice) and the lens was apparently damaged in transit and now I am stuck with a collapsed iris diaphragm. Even after opening a case with eBay, the best recourse I had was $75 towards repair. Thanks...

Anyway, it looks like I will need completely replace the diaphragm, but no one has given me direction on where and how to do that, if it is possible. At this point, I just want a lens that works - I'm not worried about the money.. though I'd prefer not to spend so much that I could just buy another lens. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?

 

[gravitino]

I'll also add that I have found a couple of experts who can do the work, just not sure on how to get the parts. THAT is the issue.

 

[Frontman]

Probably not the seller's fault, the aperture blades in my 50/1.1 Nokton came apart within hours of my buying it brand new, I didn't even get through the first roll of film. The store I bought it from didn't seem surprised at how quickly it failed. They refunded my money, and I bought a Summilux to replace it,

 

[jonmanjiro]

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[gravitino]

Thanks jonmanjiro!

 

[sevres_babylone]

Probably not the seller's fault, the aperture blades in my 50/1.1 Nokton came apart within hours of my buying it brand new, I didn't even get through the first roll of film. The store I bought it from didn't seem surprised at how quickly it failed. They refunded my money, and I bought a Summilux to replace it,

Mine took days not hours. Cameraquest replaced it and the the replacement has been working fine.

 

[gravitino]

Yes, I actually spoke with Stephen Gandy over at Cameraquest. He is going to fix it up for me. Cheers.

 

[squareshooter]

just as a matter of curiosity -- did you not, in fact, know about this problem before you plunked down your dough?