chris_yu Posted November 3, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 3, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) My Leica dealer told me recently that the Noctilux 50/0.95 has seized production since this summer due to problems on the aperture blades.The material for the aperture blades were too brittle and will break instantly without any prior fatigue sign ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Hi chris_yu, Take a look here Any good news about the Noctilux 50/0.95. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stunsworth Posted November 3, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 3, 2009 Strange that they are still being sold then... http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/104548-m9-new-nocti.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted November 3, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 3, 2009 Two things in my experience contradict this: 1) I personally saw Leica techs building Noctiluxes in Solms in mid August 2) Our store has received several Noctiluxes in the last few weeks I never heard of any issue with aperture blade material. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted November 3, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 3, 2009 My Leica dealer told me recently that the Noctilux 50/0.95 has seized production since this summer due to problems on the aperture blades.The material for the aperture blades were too brittle and will break instantly without any prior fatigue sign ... ... he wasn't trying to sell you a 50/1.0 by any chance was he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted November 3, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 3, 2009 Don't believe everything you hear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivar B Posted November 4, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 4, 2009 What product manager Stefan Daniel told us during the Forum Visit in June, was that there were problems with coating and cementing og glass elements, This problem was solved now and production levels would increase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongrelnomad Posted November 5, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've had one for two months now - flawless thus far... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted November 6, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 6, 2009 Never heard anything about that... sounds a bit far fetched to me, I've seen a couple land in the UK recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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