Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focomat V35 Variocontrast module
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:28:57 +0100
References: <9A205CEA32FED411B6670002A513ABCE195E13E8@exlon01.lehman.com>

Neil, mine is the same (half the filter left over the light path). Seems to 
be the way it's supposed to be.

Bad break Alastair. It can't be too serious, just a glap somewhere.  But 
the hassle of shipping it back etc ... :(

Daniel

At 19:44 11.03.2003 +1100, you wrote:

>On Monday, Mar 10, 2003, at 21:09 Australia/Melbourne, Beddoe, Neil wrote:
>
>>I've got a variocontrast head on my V35 and I just wanted to check if it was
>>"normal".  When I push up the shaft to move the filters out of the light
>>path, one of the filters stays about half way down. which means that the
>>light retains a colour cast.  Is it supposed to do this?  I need to know
>>this as I'm calibrating an Analyser Pro and it's giving me some funny
>>settings.
>
>Well I just checked --- I wish I did not NEED to, but I'll be using it 
>again (see below). My unit is exactly the same. When you slide the shaft 
>up, it leaves half the filter "drawer" covered: sounds like it's normal.
>
>BUT oh me miserum: Someone come up with a tale of woe, so I can feel there 
>is someone worse off than I. My Heiland Splitgrade system: yes, the one 
>I've been praising here in the last week has failed to power up. 
>Nothing-----------dead. Fuse I thought, but when I examined the fuse it 
>looked pristine: there was a spare ----------- still NOTHING. I dreaded 
>the idea that service was only an international flight away, and here we 
>go. I tested Leica's service to the full when I first got my r8, looks 
>like another Wetzlar company has the pleasure of my woes.
>
>I'm off to cry on Mr Heiland's shoulder and have him tell me:
>
>1. this is very unusual
>2. We have not had this problem before
>3. Please send us the unit and we will check it over
>
>And when it arrives, it will work and when it get home it will not and 2 
>years later I will have a working Splitgrade system :-(
>
>Cheers
>
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In reply to: Message from "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com> ([Leica] Focomat V35 Variocontrast module)