Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:23 PM 12/26/97 EST, Doc wrote: >Sadly, Leica lenses from the 50's and earlier >seem to not age well at all...that "gunk" you describe is a commonality. >Sometimes it can be cleaned off, sometimes not...and it's always expensive. I suspect we're speaking of two different things here. The Summarit had quite soft glasses and often displays a haziness which requires repolishing to remove. Folks on the West Coast claim that Leitz lenses of the '50' are prone in general to volatilization of oils causing a misting of internal elements but, from earlier discussions on the LUG, this has not been much noted east of Denver. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!