No replacement parts for VC Nokton 35mm 1.2 I??

[TKH]

😡

A few weeks ago I smashed my bag on the floor. It was the first time I had my Nokton 35mm 1.2 without the lens hood inside the bag. :bang:

Thats the result:





😱

Camera is still working and the lens glas is fine, but the filter mount is damaged and the blades are misplaced.

OK.

Voigtlander lenses are sold in Germany via the Ringfoto group and so I gave it to an official Ringfoto dealer here in my hometown. They phoned the German Ringfoto central in Fürth and they told them to send the lens in. I had bought the lens a year ago used for $700 and also there is no warranty I asked for a repair to my costs. Hoped to get fine for $100 for adjusting the blades and a new filter thread.

Three weeks later the lens is back and Ringfoto told the dealer that they have no replacement parts anymore!!

Whats that? No parts for a lens that has been sold since 4 years ago??

The dealer gave it now to a third part repair shop who think they can perhaps do the job...

What would you do? Sending to Cosina in Japan? Or is there a fine address here in Europe?

Rainer

 

[kbg32]

I needed a replacement lensmount for my CV 25. No one here in the good ol' USA would help. I don't remember how, but I found a dealer in New Zealand, who sent me a schematic of the lens, told them the part number, they were happy to order the part and ship to me here in the USA.

I wish I could remember the shop's name. I'm sure there are not that many official CV dealers in New Zealand if you were to google it..

 

[kbg32]

It might have been this shop -

Progear
3 Railway Street, Newmarket, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

Billing address: PO Box 37 054, Parnell, Auckland, 1151
Phone:

+64 9 529 5055
0800 4 PROGEAR
Fax: +64 9 529 0331

Email:

sales@progear.co.nz

Shop Hours:

Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm
Sunday closed


Worth an email.

 

[TKH]

Thanks a lot Keith.
I will drop them a line.

 

[rfaspen]

Oh, I wonder if they (NZ shop) can find my missing screw on the back of my Bessa R. I actually found the screw offered by PartSimple.com and ordered 5 of them (just in case🙂) and the order languished for over a month before I received an email saying the part is no longer available. Just a tiny, little back screw that goes in the top plate on the back, below the wind lever.

I love the Bessa/Voigtlander stuff (and I have quite a bit of it), but it seems to get discontinued and unrepairable really fast. I also noticed they're not offering near as many screw-mount lenses as they used to. Unfortunate for me because those are the lenses I most desire.

 

[Landshark]

Couldn't get a mount replaced for a 40.1.4 Nokton. Early version, it was gone for not quite a year, not the fault of the repairer, they tried all over.

 

[kbg32]

You might want to try Bellamy @ http://japancamerahunter.com/. Maybe he could come up with something.

 

[CameraQuest]

😡

A few weeks ago I smashed my bag on the floor. It was the first time I had my Nokton 35mm 1.2 without the lens hood inside the bag. :bang:

Thats the result:


😱

Camera is still working and the lens glas is fine, but the filter mount is damaged and the blades are misplaced.

OK.

Voigtlander lenses are sold in Germany via the Ringfoto group and so I gave it to an official Ringfoto dealer here in my hometown. They phoned the German Ringfoto central in Fürth and they told them to send the lens in. I had bought the lens a year ago used for $700 and also there is no warranty I asked for a repair to my costs. Hoped to get fine for $100 for adjusting the blades and a new filter thread.

Three weeks later the lens is back and Ringfoto told the dealer that they have no replacement parts anymore!!

Whats that? No parts for a lens that has been sold since 4 years ago??

The dealer gave it now to a third part repair shop who think they can perhaps do the job...

What would you do? Sending to Cosina in Japan? Or is there a fine address here in Europe?

Rainer

The filter ring can be straightened.

The aperture blades are probably just out of the tracks and need to be reset.

Any good camera shop can likely repair it without parts.

Stephen

 

[TKH]

That was my hope Stephen.
I just thought that they screw the old filter ring off and put a new one on. 🙂
Things can be simple in live...

I will tell you what the actual third part repair shop does.
Hope to hear from my dealer the next weeks.

Thanks to all,
Rainer

 

[TKH]

So my dealer phoned me today.

The total of the repair with fixed aperture blades, adjusting and straightened filter ring, shipping costs and taxes is 300 Euros ($390)...
I gave my OK.

 

[TKH]

Lens is ready for pickup!
I will go there after work and I´m looking forward.
Keep your fingers crossed that they did a fine job...

 

[TKH]

Everything fine!
The lens is like new:



Bill was $390. Its OK for me.

Seems s little bit sharper at f1.2. Perhaps the CLA or my wishful thinking... 😉





Rainer

 

[alan davus]

Good news and your photo is a stunning endorsement of the lens' ability.

 

[TKH]

Yes, the Nokton is a great lens.

f1.2 (!)



Crop.

 

[jane7l]

nice to hear it!
i had a problem with my cv 35/1.4, dropped it on the concrete floor. mailed many people in germany voigtlander, gave me a company (here in slovenia) for communication and shipment, which knew nothing about any voigtlander at all... next mail was ignored. asked at a small third party repair shop in trieste, took 3 months and 100eur, but got it repaired. not perfect, a bit stiff, but functional and usable.
lesion learned, do not drop your cv lenses, almost impossible to repair...
cheers, janko