I wish I had thought to suggest check the battery! Since they'll have to pry my R lenses from my cold dead hands! All I can suggest for an alternative to the Summicron your boss has from my end is that if you're in West Michigan, email me and we can go shooting together. Richard ________________________________ From: Scott McLeod <scott.s.mcleod@xxxxxxxxx> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:32:02 AM Subject: [LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V6 #284 They were brand new, so I can't think that would be it. I can only think it might have been something to do with that specific lens and how it communicated with the camera, but until my boss decides to buy another lens and (shock!) actually *use* the camera there's no way for me to tell... Scott