audidudi Posted February 17, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted February 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) While cruising the Panasonic online parts store to purchase some repair parts for my LC-1, I noticed they list two lenses for the camera, with similar but different part numbers and priced the same: Â VXW0659-1 LENS UNIT-W/O CCD 460.44 VXW0659 LENS UNIT-W/O CCD 460.44 Â Was the D2/LC1 lens ever changed during the production run or updated subsequently? Does anyone know anything about this? Â FWIW, I was actually surprised by the price of the lens, especially as the main circuit board sells for nearly as much. As I recall, a replacement LCD was something like $238, which likewise makes the lens seem like a bargain... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Hi audidudi, Take a look here Was the D2/LC1 lens changed during production?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
dugby Posted February 17, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted February 17, 2007 I dont know the exact answer, but am very familiar with this issue. It is very common during manufacture, a modification change gets implemented by Engineering. The usual annotation is to vary the part number with a 'dash one', which you have observed. Â Next is the trickier bit, this can have a co-requisite change in another part, and maybe in a firmware change too. Â This is why one should always leave technology repairs to knowlegable service centers..... Â Finally vendors have to accomodate the burden cost of spare parts storage over many years, some companies, calculate this 11 years. Thats why the sum of the cost of spare parts (without labour costs) always exceeds the initial purchase price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted February 18, 2007 Share #3  Posted February 18, 2007 my LC-1 is a late copy, serial beginning 'I', and the writing on the lens front is different.  at top LEICA  inverted at bottom DC VARIO-SUMMICRON 1:2.0-2.4/7-22.5 ASPH  I have noticed earlier more common examples are different  what did the lens cost Jeffrey? 460.44? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
audidudi Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share #4  Posted February 18, 2007 my LC-1 is a late copy, serial beginning 'I', and the writing on the lens front is different. at top LEICA  inverted at bottom DC VARIO-SUMMICRON 1:2.0-2.4/7-22.5 ASPH  The lens on mine says the same thing and, so far as I can tell (it's worn down quite a bit), the serial number on the body starts with "G."  what did the lens cost Jeffrey? 460.44?  Yes, US$460.44 ... truth be told, given that the retail price of the L1/D3's lens is very nearly $1200, I would have guessed the price of the LC1's lens -- especially as a repair part -- to be closer to $6-700, given the camera's original retail price. Unfortunately, bargain and great performer though it may be, I can't think of anything other than the LC1 with which to use it!  (And as a related aside, I successfully opened mine up and tightened the mounting screws for the lens ... took just a single cross-head jeweler's screwdriver and 20 minutes from start to finish!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
audidudi Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share #5  Posted February 18, 2007 I have noticed earlier more common examples are different  Maybe this difference is an L1 v. D2 thing, as I just checked on eBay and every LC-1 lens I could see was labeled the same as ours and every D2 lens was labeled differently. Hmm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted February 18, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted February 18, 2007 Just to add to the info - my D2 lens is labelled at the top "LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON" and at the bottom: "1/2.0-2.4/7-22.5 ASPH". The serial is 229xxxx, and the 3 years are up next month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted February 18, 2007 Share #7  Posted February 18, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) there are two types of LC-1 here, the first is the same as mine, and at right ? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/16524-was-the-d2lc1-lens-changed-during-production/?do=findComment&comment=175248'>More sharing options...
Riley Posted February 18, 2007 Share #8  Posted February 18, 2007 ah yes, like this, compare and see how different the top deck is Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/16524-was-the-d2lc1-lens-changed-during-production/?do=findComment&comment=175265'>More sharing options...
steich Posted February 18, 2007 Share #9  Posted February 18, 2007 @jeffrey I seem to be too dumb to find it...can you please tell me the URL to Pana´s parts store? Thank you! Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted February 18, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted February 18, 2007 Rob, isn't the LH one in the 2-cam pic an L-1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted February 18, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted February 18, 2007 Rob, isn't the LH one in the 2-cam pic an L-1? Â Brian, yes it is, I grabbed this pic from the net to compare sizes of LC-1 and L1 I later noticed that the LC-1 had different lens script, it seems its a D2 lens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
audidudi Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share #12  Posted February 18, 2007 I seem to be too dumb to find it...can you please tell me the URL to Pana´s parts store?  Here it is: Parts Ordering Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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