simonpg
Active Member
Two things gave me a shock a few weeks ago - a surprisingly weak, cheap and nasty CF lens component and the horrific cost of low value Hasselblad parts.
Within 24 hours of each other, I was using on one day, my CF 120mm Makro-Planar which I bought 10 years old in "like new" condition from a very genuine owner, when all of a sudden the plastic shroud ring that fits at the base of the focus ring/barrel (provides a cover for 1 mini-screw and some dust protection) sprung apart and flew a few meters away! Yes, the ring split itself in 2 although it had never shown any signs of part splitting before hand.
The next day I looked at all my other CF lenses to see if their rings showed signs of splitting - 100% no. Then as I was putting my beloved CF 180mm Sonnar in my case, with my hands nowhere near that ring, all of a sudden it split into 4 - and that lens is younger again and also "like new".
So, a little bemused, I thought about how cheap and nasty those plastic rings really are - not consistent with most things by Zeiss and Hasselblad!
BUT, the second shock was when I called the national distributor for Hasselblad to order 2 new rings - the price for each was ..... wait for it ........AU$89.00! Wow. But I had no choice and just ordered them (after using Super Glue to reassemble the rings which looked pathetic when glued together and did not have the same fit either).
I wondered if others have experienced the same?
Within 24 hours of each other, I was using on one day, my CF 120mm Makro-Planar which I bought 10 years old in "like new" condition from a very genuine owner, when all of a sudden the plastic shroud ring that fits at the base of the focus ring/barrel (provides a cover for 1 mini-screw and some dust protection) sprung apart and flew a few meters away! Yes, the ring split itself in 2 although it had never shown any signs of part splitting before hand.
The next day I looked at all my other CF lenses to see if their rings showed signs of splitting - 100% no. Then as I was putting my beloved CF 180mm Sonnar in my case, with my hands nowhere near that ring, all of a sudden it split into 4 - and that lens is younger again and also "like new".
So, a little bemused, I thought about how cheap and nasty those plastic rings really are - not consistent with most things by Zeiss and Hasselblad!
BUT, the second shock was when I called the national distributor for Hasselblad to order 2 new rings - the price for each was ..... wait for it ........AU$89.00! Wow. But I had no choice and just ordered them (after using Super Glue to reassemble the rings which looked pathetic when glued together and did not have the same fit either).
I wondered if others have experienced the same?