techpan Posted October 11, 2007 Share #1 Posted October 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yesterday, I accidentally dropped my silver Elmarit 21mm ASPH while on a boat. The lens bounced off the rocks and sank like a rock. I was able to recover the lens but the front element is shattered and there is water in the lens. Fortunately I have passport warranty on the lens and will be sending it to NJ. I wanted to ask how long leica NJ takes to get a replacement? Will they try to fix it or will it be replaced? Also, do they send back to Solms. I haven't talked to Robert Fisk yet and wanted to ask the users here that have used the passport warranty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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M6J Posted October 11, 2007 Share #2 Posted October 11, 2007 That was very sad Hope you get a brand new lens soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted October 11, 2007 Share #3 Posted October 11, 2007 I don't have a answer for you on the passport but i feel terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai.charlie Posted October 11, 2007 Share #4 Posted October 11, 2007 The shops seem to be stocking the 21mm ASPH so given that your front element is smashed I don't see why Leica NJ wouldn't just replace the lens completely. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fursan Posted October 11, 2007 Share #5 Posted October 11, 2007 I feel terrible. I hope they can help you out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted October 11, 2007 Share #6 Posted October 11, 2007 Given the fact that the front element is damaged, and the inside will have been totally screwed up by the water, I'd expect them to give you a new lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmogi10 Posted October 11, 2007 Share #7 Posted October 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) the passport warranty really covers things like that??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted October 11, 2007 Share #8 Posted October 11, 2007 Yes, provided you can return the piece of the lens/camera containing the serial number it's covered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted October 11, 2007 Share #9 Posted October 11, 2007 the passport warranty really covers things like that??? Yes and for a period of 3 year from date of purchase. That is one reason not to buy used lenses for near the going retail price. The passport warranty is NOT transferable, at least here in the USA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafasoleiman Posted October 12, 2007 Share #10 Posted October 12, 2007 Twenty odd years ago in Venice, I stepped onto a small boat, kept steady by my moron brother in law... To make the story short, next thing I knew I was at the bottom of the filthy canal, my left hand alone out of the water, holding my bag, my right hand clutching my M6 and 50lux underwater. Back at the hotel I put the camera, lens and film in a plastic bag filled with tab water, where they stayed for two months, until I returned to NY. I took the M6 to Leitz NJ where they replaced it with a brand new M6... God bless them. At the time they said they were going to put it in a window with the venetian water and all. The 50lux sat for another month in water, being out of warranty, then I took it to the old leica importer in Genoa, where they dismantled it and put it back together with loving care. The film went to Kodak in a smaller plastic bag full of water (you should have seen the shop owner's face) and came back developed... images did look the part thou. Still got the M6, the 50lux and the photos... and the moron brother in law... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_cummer Posted October 12, 2007 Share #11 Posted October 12, 2007 About 1984 I dropped my 40mm Summicron on a wll by the Danube while taking pictures of the Iron Link bridge between Buda and Pest. The bayonet flange was bent. I went to a camera shop where they use a pair of pliers to bend the flange back so I could continue to use the lens. When I got back to Canada I sent the lens to Leica Toronto and they sent it to Wetzlar where a new mount was machined and installed. Cost me C$250 but was still impressive service for a lens which had been made about 20 years before. Some of the upfront cost of Leica can be justified in the thoroughness of the service for old pieces. Cheers Howard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted October 12, 2007 Share #12 Posted October 12, 2007 Yesterday, I accidentally dropped my silver Elmarit 21mm ASPH while on a boat. The lens bounced off the rocks and sank like a rock. I was able to recover the lens but the front element is shattered and there is water in the lens. Fortunately I have passport warranty on the lens and will be sending it to NJ. I wanted to ask how long leica NJ takes to get a replacement? Will they try to fix it or will it be replaced? Also, do they send back to Solms. I haven't talked to Robert Fisk yet and wanted to ask the users here that have used the passport warranty. I'm sorry to hear this but isn't it wonderful to have a warranty like that? Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbfilm Posted October 12, 2007 Share #13 Posted October 12, 2007 Parev Garin, Hopefully your tragedy wil be short lived. You will need however to make a couple of compromises; 1-You will have to settle for a black lens. Leica stopped making and selling the chrome three years ago... there are one to be found.. 2- With the extreme lenses shortage, you may have to wait a bit... or settle for a code U (demo lens). On that subject trust Rob Fisk, he will stir you in the right direction... Cheers, Jean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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