Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > -- > Alex Hurst > Waterfall > Nr. Cork > Ireland > > Tel: +353 214 543 328 (H) > +353 214 270 907 (W) > > Fax: +353 214 271 248 > email: corkflor@iol.ie > Also: corkflor.2@virgin.net (when in the UK, which isn't often) > Home website: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/ > Business website: http://www.corkflorists.com/ > > Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) public key available at: > http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 > ID: 0x5BB72019 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >