Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric asked:
>I just bought a summaron 35mm 2.8 - was advertised as 'bargain' condition.
>
>There is an irregular very thin rim of blackening around the periphery of
>one ofthe rearward elements.
>I have never seen this before on a lens.
>
>Anyone know what could cause this?
>Fungus? Coating pulling off an element?
>
Could be the paint flaking off the edge of the element. When Malcolm
Taylor (blessed be his name) completely overhauled my 50/1.5 LTM
Summarit recently, he re-painted the edges of the elements with matte
black.
I'd assume the elements of the Summaron were originally painted in
the same way.
As always, try the lens out and see if the fault has any effect on
actual performance.
Best
Alex
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