Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nigel wrote: <<<<However, I can't reconcile how an individual can insist on only using Leica (or Zeiss) glass, pay the huge premium for it, deplore the use of a UV filter, yet accept a brand-new lens with a "huge bubble" in the front element.>>>>>>> Nigel my good man, Please read up on high end optical glass manufacturing as in Leica, Zeiss, Nikon and others. Bubbles occur in the cooling and under the circumstance have no effect at all. Why? Look it up! Or better still, maybe LUG friend Erwin Puts could enlighten the LUG regarding this effect and how it occurs. And paying for and using Leica glass with bubbles is no big deal! I would venture to say there are multi thousands of Leica lenses about the world with bubbles! So realax Nigel old boy, and don't rattle your lenses too much.:) You may change the bubble shape. ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant