Summilux 35 FLE Rattling Sound

[Saad]

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Hello everyone, I have had my 35 SX for a year now and I never shook it until today, and I hear this rattling sound as though there is a loose element inside. I have heard that there are other people who have had the same complaint.

 

Can someone please help me out and say whether this is normal from their own experience?

 

Saad

[woopie]

Hi, I have got one . I sent it to Leica and now it is absolutely silent. leica told there is no problem with rattling but I preferred it to be fixed. I know there is an official communication about this issue from Leica.

By marcello

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[Saad]

Thank you so much woopie. I wonder what is causing it. Where can I find the official communication about this?

 

regards

Saad

[CalArts 99]

fwiw, I sent mine to Leica for a back focus correction. It rattled (it's really more like a faint tinkling sound) when I bought it and it rattled when I got it back from their service (which included a full "servicing the lens to factory specifications.") Leica told me a slight rattle is normal and there is no really true 'fix' with any kind of service because there's nothing to fix. It's part of the design of the aperture blade mechanism.

 

This has been discussed here before. Whether the lens rattles or not seems really more dependent on the owner's sense of hearing. But there's is no issue so don't worry about it.

[Saad]

Thank you so much I am starting to feel better, even though the rattling appears even when shaken slightly.

[CalArts 99]

Thank you so much woopie. I wonder what is causing it. Where can I find the official communication about this?

 

regards

Saad

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/1664089-post104.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/1542859-post79.html

 

And there also is a long 7 page thread about the rattling Summilux 35mm FLE here on the forum. You can easily find it doing a search.

[MarkP]

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It may rattle with the aperture blades in a certain position. This is not a defect as you will see from the above threads which cover this 'serious' problem ad-nauseum.

 

Go out and enjoy the lens

[01af]

It may rattle with the aperture blades in a certain position.

No, it may not. The aperture blades have nothing to do with it.

[woopie]

Thank you so much I am starting to feel better, even though the rattling appears even when shaken slightly.

 

You're welcome, somebody else has written the link to thread containing all information about this issue.

My noctilux 0,95 did the same joke to me, same treatment same solution.

 

Bye. Marcello

[Saad]

Dear 01af is it that the aperture assembly requires a suitable washer to make it not move in it's housing.

[tom0511]

My sample rattles but it is optically working so good that I will not send it for service.

I would prefer no rattle but as long as Leica says it is ok then it is not a real problem for me.

I had another sample before, that didn't rattle.

[firstlight]

This is normal because of the floating element inside, no reason to worry about

[01af]

[lct]

If it's like my pre-apo 90/2, rattle comes from the aperture actually. Had it fixed by the use of a more viscous grease but the stops don't click any more so don't be as stupid as me.

[01af]

If it's like my pre-apo 90/2 ...

No, it isn't.

 

 

... rattle comes from the aperture actually.

No, it doesn't.

[lct]

Please explain and be polite if you have a clue.

[01af]

The rattling sound comes from a mechanical link that connects the aperture ring to the internal aperture assembly. It does NOT come from the aperture itself ... and certainly not from the 'floating elements.'

 

This has been explained here several times before.

[lct]

OK thanks and what is the difference with the 90/2 pre-asph then?

[wizard]

This is normal because of the floating element inside, no reason to worry about

 

You meant to say rattling element. This is the latest evolution of the floating element, it both floats and rattles :-).

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Hallo,

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[firstlight]

You meant to say rattling element. This is the latest evolution of the floating element, it both floats and rattles :-).

 

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