(Fwd) Shift defect on Noblex 150's....

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

Does this problem sound familiar to any of you?
I vaguely recall people complaining about vertical striping in their 
images, otherwise non-explainable....
I don't have a shift-version (only the old Tessar) to test this.

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Date:          Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:13:33 -0400
From:          Jan Faul <jfaul@xxxxxx>
Reply-to:      jfaul@xxxxxx
Organization:  jfaul@xxxxxx
To:            w.j.markerink@xxxxx
Subject:       Re: Noblex 150's

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> 
> And if this is about shift in particular, then 150S is also affected....
> 
	This is about shift in particular and the various head honcho at Noblex
refuse to believe that there is an engineering flaw. It doesn't seem to
matter to them that I have film from four different shift-lens bodies
with the same light leaks.
	Do a test for yourself -- shoot a couple of rolls with your 150S with
the lens shifted and see if there is a 1x15mm light streak about one cm
down from the top of the neg and into the image from the right side. The
occurrences I have are sporadic but consistent. I think this news should
be put on the IAPP list too, but even though I'm a member I lost the address.
	The UX comes with the slow-speed motor, and contrary to the old
management by the Nobles, the new owners are very reluctant to admit any
flaws or design errors. They are giving me a hell of a hard time about
getting this camera replaced. In the US there are very strong consumer
protection laws and so-called 'lemon laws' about retrofits and
replacements. While the law is mainly meant to be for car manufacturers,
it's actually for everybody -- including Noblex. I hate to think how
many cameras they will have to fix for free.

best,

Jan 
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Willem-Jan Markerink


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