Re: [Leica] tele-elmarit 90

["steve lehuray" <icommag@toad.net>]

The fungus seems to be prevalent in early generation Leitz lennses and it 
seems to have something to do with the natural resin that they used to use
to glue the elements together. You can learn all about it on Stephen Gandy's
www.cameraquest.com site. Go to the leica lens stuff. His site may be down
for a few days while he switches servers.
Steve
Annapolis

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>From: Mitch Alland <malland@mac.com>
>To: "leica-users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: [Leica] tele-elmarit 90
>Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2000, 3:56 PM
>

>>I have
>>had mine and used it constantly for...what?...thirteen years with no signs
>>of fungus or other degenerative condition.
>
> After four years, mine developed fungus, which I thought was dust on the
> inside lens surface. I took the lens apart to try to clean it and then,
> because I forgot how to put it back together, sent it to Leica USA. They
> told me it was fungus and sent it on to Germany and then informed me that
> it would take as long as six months to get it back. Because the cost for
> repair was enormous, they offered me a good deal on the new 9/2.8 which I
> have had for six years without a fungus problem.
>
> Does anyone know why a particular lens, such as the Tele-Elmarit 90 would
> be prone to developing fungus? Do any other Leica lenses have this problem?
>
> --Mitch
>