Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff I may be wrong, but usually when fungus is removed, the coating is compromised. You would know it if he re-coated it, (or your checkbook would know it!). Jerry "Jeffery L. Smith" wrote: > All the fungus was on the inside surfaces. He didn't recoat as far as I know. > > Jeffery > > At 07:36 PM 1/6/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Jeff > > > >A Summarit is nothing but a coated Xenon. However, since a Xenon > >has TEN glass to air surfaces, it is an enormous improvement. > > > >When you had it cleaned and "de-fungus'd", did you have it recoated? > > > >Xenons always had superb bokeh, before I knew what bokeh was. > > > >Jerry > > > >"Jeffery L. Smith" wrote: > > > > > I bought a badly fungused 50/1.5 Summarit that I had cleaned by FocalPoint. > > > Other than that, it is pristine (had the original Leitz UV filter on it > > > which had probably never been removed. However, since it was out being > > > cleaned for months, I never got into the swing of shooting with it. > > > > > > Anyone out there who can give me some background (characteristics) of this > > > lens. My Leica M book suggests that it was an improvement over its > > > predecessor, but isn't up to Summilux standards. I've never seen so many > > > diaphragm blades on a lens, so I assume that the bokeh won't look like the > > > Pentagon. > > > > > > What are this lens's strongest points? > > > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html