Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/18

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Subject: [Leica] lens repair/cleaning
From: elaine at chaos.wustl.edu (Elaine -HFB- Ashton)
Date: Sun Jul 18 23:47:00 2004
References: <20040718214109.GN26364@chaos.wustl.edu> <E1C0988E-D934-11D8-A4C2-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca>

John Collier [jbcollier@shaw.ca] quoth:
*>Could it be a dust speck? Such is life in this world where evil, 
*>lewdness, and dust run amuck. Your lens functions as an air pump as you 
*>focus from infinity to close focus and back. Over time dust works its 
*>way in. Fortunately small amounts of dust have absolutely no effect. If 
*>the negs look good then there isn't a problem. My advice is to never 
*>look into any of your lenses just look at the negs. They are all that 
*>matters.

No, it's way to big to be dust or fuzz, and it looks a bit like some sort
of small bug. I did look because of the negative of a late night shot had
a spot on it which, of course, can be removed but I'm worried that
something might be wrong with the lens if it's sucking stuff that large
into it. 

e.

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