I've never even touched one of these but what you describe does not
sound good. I should think these paragons of German engineering and
fabrication would be very well damped but easy to turn and exceedingly
smooth. Sore fingers doesn't make it.
Chuck Norcutt
Walt Wayman wrote:
> The Summricon 90/2 arrived yesterday. It's got the stiffest focusing
> mechanisim I've ever encountered, nothing like the 50/1.4 Summilux.
> While it's not terribly difficult, I've never had a lens that hard to
> turn the focusing ring on. I spent an hour while watching television
> last night twisting the thing around, hoping it would loosen up, but
> it didn't; just got my fingers sore. Should I just live with it or go
> to the bother of sending it back? Other than that, it's perfect.
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