AnDe Posted December 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 20, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just bought a second hand Leica T with a 18-56 lens. To my surprise there is a quite noticeable rattle between the house and the lens! When I compare this with my M8, that holds its lens like a vice it doesn’t seem right? Should it rattle, or have some previous owner dropped it? Thanks A Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Louis Posted December 20, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 20, 2018 I have the same camera/lens combination and no rattle at all. But Fromm time to time I heard a few people mentioning that. I guess as long as the zoom works well and you have no problem with focus, etc, you shouldn’t pay too much attention. It really depends how bad it is! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropo54 Posted December 20, 2018 Share #3 Posted December 20, 2018 Just wondering, did the previous owner have that plastic T cover on it? Impossible to put on or off, a total product flop. In any event, I tried one on my original T and it took a great amount of effort of bending and pushing the camera body to pry it off such the T mount has a slightly 'looser-when-lens-attached kind of wobble' now, when the lens is attached. Absolutely no effect on image quality, or any other functions; everything works just as it should. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnDe Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted December 20, 2018 I must do some more testing to see if it works properly. 2/3 Swedish Leica resellers I have called told me I probably should have it looked on... :/ Dont know if the plastic cover have ever been used on it. link to video, crank up the volume and you can hear it. : https://youtu.be/Mt23wdxhEiw Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted December 20, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) I have the TL2 - no lateral play in the mount at all. You sometimes get a stiff rotational play, not just with the TL2, but with the M bodies as well, depending on the lens, but it's usually very little and makes no obvious difference to the performance. If this is lateral play, then it shouldn't happen. I've just checked my cameras: slight rotational play in CL+11-23, TL2+18 and SL+24-90 - least of all with the TL2+18mm lens. Not at all loose (no "rattle"). No lateral play at all. Edited December 20, 2018 by LocalHero1953 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_exus Posted December 22, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 10:25 PM, AnDe said: I just bought a second hand Leica T with a 18-56 lens It looks like a bayonet crash. I have neither a lens, nor a Chinese adapter with Nikon so do not depart, as on video. Backlash is completely absent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnDe Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 22, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) 4 hours ago, al_exus said: It looks like a bayonet crash. I have neither a lens, nor a Chinese adapter with Nikon so do not depart, as on video. Backlash is completely absent. This is a Leica lens and camera. Not sure I fully understand? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_exus Posted December 22, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) In your video, the lens is very loose. it should not be. My lens does not move at all in the bayonet. Therefore, you have a problem in the bayonet Edited December 22, 2018 by al_exus Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnDe Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted December 22, 2018 3 hours ago, al_exus said: In your video, the lens is very loose. it should not be. My lens does not move at all in the bayonet. Therefore, you have a problem in the bayonet Yes, I agree! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnDe Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted December 22, 2018 Made a video of how the wobble looks thru the lens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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