- September 3, 2013 at 3:31 am #4187dalethornEstablished MemberSouth CarolinaJoin Date: Oct 2012Posts: 316Currently using:
Leica QOfflineThe bubble or whatever it is (centered in images) doesn’t bother me for usage, but I wonder if it will reduce the resale value of this $11k lens I purchased?
Leica X2 Paul Smith edition, Leica X-E, Panasonic ZS-100. - September 3, 2013 at 11:23 am #4188
Send it back.
IMO, you should NOT be worried about anything for $11,000.
Personally, if buying this lens used, it’d still be very expensive and I would not buy one with a bubble myself … I’d look for another one.
– Marc
- September 3, 2013 at 3:24 pm #4190Josh LehrerLegendary MemberJoin Date: Aug 2014Posts: 233Currently using:
Leica M, Leica S, Leica CompactOfflineDale, I’ve already emailed you but I also want to post here that of course we will replace your Noctilux with another, new lens and send this defective unit back to Leica. It’s rare that we see defects on new lenses but when it happens, we always replace it right away!
- September 3, 2013 at 4:27 pm #4191dalethornEstablished MemberSouth CarolinaJoin Date: Oct 2012Posts: 316Currently using:
Leica QOfflineJosh Lehrer;5082 wrote: Dale, I’ve already emailed you but I also want to post here that of course we will replace your Noctilux with another, new lens and send this defective unit back to Leica. It’s rare that we see defects on new lenses but when it happens, we always replace it right away!
Thanks. I know that even if it weren’t really defective, you would have to examine it anyway, so back it went. It’s too bad that there’s no realistic way to determine a future resale value for this lens, because if there was, I’d just keep it. The lens performance is A-OK from what I can tell.
Leica X2 Paul Smith edition, Leica X-E, Panasonic ZS-100. - September 9, 2013 at 10:17 pm #4208dalethornEstablished MemberSouth CarolinaJoin Date: Oct 2012Posts: 316Currently using:
Leica QOfflineNew Nocti arrived, snapped a few MM images – awesome detail, back in business.
Leica X2 Paul Smith edition, Leica X-E, Panasonic ZS-100. - September 14, 2013 at 8:50 am #4216dalethornEstablished MemberSouth CarolinaJoin Date: Oct 2012Posts: 316Currently using:
Leica QOfflineLeica X2 Paul Smith edition, Leica X-E, Panasonic ZS-100. - December 11, 2013 at 8:47 pm #4436
you could resale it on ebay
- December 11, 2013 at 9:51 pm #4439dalethornEstablished MemberSouth CarolinaJoin Date: Oct 2012Posts: 316Currently using:
Leica QOfflinenaomisy;5869 wrote: you could resale it on ebay
It got replaced. There was really nothing wrong with the original with the “bubble” or whatever it was, but since I would never sell an $11000 lens on eBay, I wanted to be sure that the bubble would not impact the resale value to Leica users on Leica forums. Leica and Leica Miami solved that potential issue (which may not have been an issue anyway) by replacing the lens. Great products, great service.
Leica X2 Paul Smith edition, Leica X-E, Panasonic ZS-100.
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