Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Snip -- > Anyway, I think that with modern technology and very high > prices, the lens you describe should be bubbleless. Ernst would > roll over, if he knew that his lenses had bubbles in them. Ed Snip -- My first Summilux f/1.4 50 mm, which I purchased new in 1960, had a very visible bubble in the first lens element (not in the coating). I wrote Leitz at the time and the company response (not Ernst) was that it was not a flaw and that such bubbles were expected in the large element optics. I believe I still have the response letter. The photographs from this lens were flawless, and very satisfactory to the user. Bill Caldwell Bill Caldwell