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Leica 14 - 50 kit lens number 2 is loose and failing.


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My first Digilux 3 kit lens gave up the ghost a while back in April - the front element arrangement was soooo loose it could be pulled out and rotated 360 degrees - put it back and it still focussed - not sure whether that is good or not?

 

Camera sent back for repair - returned with bits of body loose and still set to engineers repair mode - yellow triangle with black exclamation mark on it appears on LCD when switched off.

 

However, the lens felt much tighter than the first one ever was.

 

I duly returned the whole thing and Leica kindly replaced the camera but this time the lens (the third lens I have received) was a little loose and rather like the first one.

 

I received the replacement body and lens in the middle of May - yesterday the lens jammed between 18 and 25 mm - is that familiar?

 

Question.

 

Am I just unlucky or is there a lack of supervision from Leica in the manufacturing process?

 

Osscat

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My first Digilux 3 kit lens gave up the ghost a while back in April - the front element arrangement was soooo loose it could be pulled out and rotated 360 degrees - put it back and it still focussed - not sure whether that is good or not?

 

Camera sent back for repair - returned with bits of body loose and still set to engineers repair mode - yellow triangle with black exclamation mark on it appears on LCD when switched off.

 

However, the lens felt much tighter than the first one ever was.

 

I duly returned the whole thing and Leica kindly replaced the camera but this time the lens (the third lens I have received) was a little loose and rather like the first one.

 

I received the replacement body and lens in the middle of May - yesterday the lens jammed between 18 and 25 mm - is that familiar?

 

Question.

 

Am I just unlucky or is there a lack of supervision from Leica in the manufacturing process?

 

Osscat

 

I can't believe what's happening. It must be very frustrating.

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...is there a lack of supervision from Leica in the manufacturing process?...

I did not know that Leica supervise the manufacturing process. I thought that the camera was made by Panasonic but i may be wrong here.

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