Ugh, 15mm... Lost.

[MarkoKovacevic]

Hey all. I somehow lost my 15mm lens - it screwed off my leica and dropped to the ground somewhere downtown last night 🙁

I miss it.

Marko 🙁

 

[VictorM.]

And I'm sure it misses you!

 

[Roger Hicks]

Bad luck! Once or twice I've had bayonet lenses fail to seat properly (fortunately I've always caught them in time, either when I'm mounting them or the first time I've tried to focus with them) but I've not lost a screw lens in 40+ years of using them.

Commiserations,

R.

 

[back alley]

bummer



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[raid]

Budget for a replacement 15mm lens.
I have never lost a lens outside our home but I often misplace a lens inside the home.

 

[Livesteamer]

I don't think it unscrewed itself, I suspect someone helped it. Bad Luck indeed. Joe

 

[Keith]

Wow ... that's bad luck Marko! I'm amazed that it could happen though!

 

[Mudman]

Happened to me once with a 2x flat field teleconverter (quite a nice one). My bag popped open and it fell down a 500 ft ravine (where it probably still sits). painful experience.

 

[foggie]

Do you live in Vancouver? (I ask because I seem to remember you starting a thread about an anti-oylmpic protest.) If so, that means somewhere around here there's a 15mm lens floating around for me to find 😉

Where'd you lose it?

 

[Bobfrance]

Sorry to hear that.
I'm not surprised you miss it. The 15mm is a great lens.
Replace it with another one - you know it's worth it.

 

[Santafecino]

Check your insurance; there might be some protection.

But--ah, well, photography isn't riskless. My son (age 2) reached up as I was doing his portrait and removed the lens from my Leica CL.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

My fault, Marko. I recommended that you take it to the demo. Sorry!

 

[BillBingham2]

OMG that sucks dude, very sorry to hear about your loss. If there is a bright side, wasn't a ZI 15/2.8.

Take a look around the car, room, try retracing the last steps you remember. My read is that someone nicked it (stole it). Report it as lost to the police and any pawn shops (not sure where you are). Were you sitting in a booth somewhere?

Again, sorry for your loss.

B2 (;->

 

[MarkoKovacevic]

Do you live in Vancouver? (I ask because I seem to remember you starting a thread about an anti-oylmpic protest.) If so, that means somewhere around here there's a 15mm lens floating around for me to find 😉

Where'd you lose it?

Nope, not in Vancouver. I live in Kitchener, ON, and last night the torch came through.

Joe, I don't think someone unscrewed it. I unscrewed it to check if the shutter of my old Leica was working properly in the -5C weather(which it was) and the cold took away all strength from my hands, so maybe I didn't put it on tight enough.

Bill, I had it when I left the cafe, but when I got to the next place I was going, I had lost it.

Bob, sadly I cannot afford to replace it at this time, I have bigger priorities, like refilling my film supply.

 

[raid]

I certainly should have mentioned that I am really sorry for your loss of the lens, Marko. Sometimes, such things slip through.

I would have been very upset and sad at such a loss.

 

[MarkoKovacevic]

On the bright side, I picked up a nice N90s Nikon today. I'm somewhat upset, but the rest of the night went well, so it wasn't a total loss.

 

[BillBingham2]

Marco,

Metal finder and a walk scanning your path between spots?

Its sucks.

B2 (;->

 

[Livesteamer]

Enjoy the N90s. I've had one for several years now, my only modern camera. Incredibly good meter. I wish they could put such a meter in a Leica M. Joe

 

[MarkoKovacevic]

Enjoy the N90s. I've had one for several years now, my only modern camera. Incredibly good meter. I wish they could put such a meter in a Leica M. Joe

I do hope the N90s meter will be as good as my prior F5's meter.

 

[TheHub]

Sorry to hear that. I wonder if anyone picked it up and turned it in. Not too many people using screw-mount lenses these days (if it was screw-mount.)

A few months ago the metal lens cap from my Elmar popped off and literally rolled down the street right into a rain gutter - all before my eyes. I went back a few days later and fished it out, thankfully.