Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul: For a rangefinder lens, it does not affect performance until it eventually gets onto the lens elements themselves, requireing a strip down and clean. For SLR's if there is oil on the blades, the auto diaphram will be sticky and possibly not close or open properly when the shutter is fired. It is for this case that people state, no oil on blades. Regards, Robert At 10:37 AM 3/22/99 PST, you wrote: >Dear LUG, > >I keep seeing leica lenses on Ebay with the description, "blades free of >oil." Because almost every lens on there boasts being oil free, I can >only assume this is a bad thing. I checked my summicron 50 yesterday >and noticed oil around the outer edges of each blade. How bad is this? >Does it have any effect on image quality? > >Thanks, >Paul Klingaman >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >