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Subject: [Leica] thin rim of blackening around a lens?
From: leica_korenman at hotmail.com (leica)
Date: Fri Nov 19 06:02:00 2004
References: <BAY19-DAV10D75E4B355A3877AE50F5EDC30@phx.gbl> <p06110405bdc39dd15f23@[193.203.145.95]>

thanks - will shoot with it today to test it out.
The black rim has a scalloped inner border - I tend to favor separation.

Eic

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Hurst" <corkflor@iol.ie>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] thin rim of blackening around a lens?


> 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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In reply to: Message from leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric) ([Leica] thin rim of blackening around a lens?)
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