Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:39 PM 3/15/2000 GMT, SML wrote: > > > I had an opportunity to have a Carl Zeiss Tessar 180/4.5 in Leica screw mount. > The lens is pretty cloudy though. I wonder how much it would cost to clean >it if it is cleanable. It looks pretty foggy to me. Generally, is cloudiness >cleanable no matter how bad it is? This is almost certainly a Prewar Carl Zeiss Jena 4.5/18cm large-format lens remounted to LTM by a third-party fabricator; such lenses were not uncommon in the era. The lens takes 51mm slip-on filters and accessories. The cloudiness can probably be cleaned. A fine craftsman such as John Van Stelten customarily would charge several hundred dollars to clean this, though he might be less, and I urge that you contact him for a precise quote. His E-Mail address is <focalpt@ecentral.com>. <arc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!