Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]SonC (Sonny Carter wrote: > What Ted and Doug said . . . > > That said, I damaged my 90 tele-elmarit because I was careless, and > accidentally dropped a ball point pen head point first into the camera > bag; it fell in a direct hit onto my front element. I now back cap > my lenses when I put them into the bag, (shade on) face down. Though > as far as I can see it has had absolutely NO effect on the image.<<<< Hi Sonny, In all the years I've only had one front element marked. Why? Well cause in this case, because I didn't have a filter on. ;-) However, the mark on the front element was made from a spark or flying bit from an electric welding torch because I was stupid enough to work tooooo close the welder. The 28mm lens had a zit burnt right in the glass, almost dead centre and at the happening I almost went into cardiac arrest. Every frame from then on never had a mark or any indication on slide film or B&W that the zit was there, stopped down or wide open. I of course for sometime after swore I could see it.... actually it was an imaginary mark only in my minds eye. I eventually sold and bought a new one ! :-) And I still don't use a filters for any of the lenses including the Noctilux of my life! :-) ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html