[OM] Re: Manufacturers tests published, of their own lenses

[Andrew Fildes]

Not just China! A friend bought a Leica R 21-35mm used/mint and found  
it to be really soft. That's possibly why he got a good deal on it.  
Sent it back to Leica in Germany and to their credit they fixed it  
for free but refused to discuss the problem or even admit that  
anything had been fixed - just 'ze lens is verking correctly' and it  
is too - violently sharp. He knows that they opened it though.  It  
may have helped that said friend is a German speaking engineer who  
knew what he needed to say.
AndrewF


On 22/01/2006, at 6:54 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> If you read a lot of end user lens test/experience forums you see lots
> of reports of bad samples in all brands.  Much of it is autofocus
> problems but there is a fair amount of what sounds like mis-aligned  
> lens
> elements. Things like: image not sharp in upper left quadrant or some
> such.  I suspect the Japanese are having a lot of QC problems with  
> lens
> and camera production farmed out to China and elsewhere.



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