Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 11:19 AM 3/24/97 -0500, Ken Wilcox wrote: > > >I don'thave my reference books here at work with me, by my tele-elmarit > >suffered from glue failure of the rear element. (As diagnosed by Sherry > >Krauter) She told me that there was a batch that suffered this fate and it > >is well known to repairers. > > Every piece of literature I have indicates that both five and four element > versions of the Tele-Elmarit have no cemented elements whatever. > > Of course, what is 'glue failure'? > > Marc > I am not sure about the "glue" failure, but I do know about problems with the rear elements of the tele-elmarit and the current version of the 90 Elmarit. The problem is that the rear element is sweated into the lens barrel, making it impossible to completely disassemble the lens and clean the rear element. So if the rear elements of one of these lenses needs cleaning, consider promoting the "special effect" Leica lens you save for special occasions. Stephen Gandy