Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/14

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Subject: [Leica] Fungus (28 mm alternatives)
From: "Hans Pahlen" <hans@komvux.skola.mark.se>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:45:58 +0100

I would be glad to help, if I only could. But I don't know much about the
interior of lenses, so let's hope someone else in the LUG-group can
enlighten us.
/Hans

>Hans,
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>I got one of this lenses with fungus. Is there any chance to repair. I
tried
>it very hard here in Germnay, but nobody can open the lens to clean it.
They
>said it is pressed together. I don't wont to loose this lens, so any help
is
>appreciated.
>
>Regards
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>K.-H. Fink
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>>Thanks for opinions on 28 mm lenses. I checked out a $400 M-Rokkor today,
>>and my (honest and friendly) dealer that I do most of my business with,
>>showed me a common problem with the 28/2,8 M-Rokkors: Holding the lens
>>against a light, you could see lots of small black dots inside the lens
>>glass. The dealer said that fungus(?!) was a problem with 60-70% of the
>>M-Rokkors.
>>So, I passed on that one. But I wonder why some lenses have these
problems.
>>Are they not tight, or too tight, or what?!?
>>/Hans
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