Hi Guys

All my Leica R lenses have a short dead moment when focussing. I mean when I turn left and change direction to rightthere is a short moment you don't feel the normal resistance in my 35, 50 en 135 it is a mere hardly noticable tick, in my 250/4 it is quite noticable, say about .5mm (so still not much). In the dead moment there is no change in the picture, not in focus, nor in view (as I do have with a minolta lens)

Is this normal, normal wear or just bad. Is it costly to repair if needed?

Reinier

-- ReinierV (rvlaam@xs4all.nl), January 14, 2002

Answers

I don't find this on any of my R lenses (quite a few).

-- Jay (infinitydt@aol.com), January 14, 2002.

Dear Reinier: I have never heard of this either. I hope that you have your Leica Passport. I think it is time to bundle up your lens and send it back to New Jersey. Incidentally, all my lenses (as well as my R8 bodies) have a FIVE YEAR passport guarrantee. The additional $75 for the extra TWO years is well worth it and I heartily recommend it!

-- Albert Knapp MD (albertknappmd@mac.com), January 14, 2002.

"Incidentally, all my lenses (as well as my R8 bodies) have a FIVE YEAR passport guarrantee. The additional $75 for the extra TWO years is well worth it and I heartily recommend it! "

Unless you've got something different, the Leica extended warranty is NOT a Passport Warranty. The no-fault Passport runs for three years from purchase, then the extended warranty kicks in for the remaining two. Back your car over your lens at Year 3 + 1 Day and you're out of luck. . . .

-- Robert Schneider (rolopix@yahoo.com), January 14, 2002.

Well, I'm in Holland (Europe) so sending them to New Yersey is not a good idea I think :-). Also they're all 2nd hand and maybe 15 years old, so no guarentee left there. I'll send my 250 in to solve it, in the others it is hardly noticable.

Reinier

-- ReinierV (rvlaam@xs4all.nl), January 15, 2002.