Re: [Leica] re: specks in new leica lens

["William" <ohlen@sierratel.com>]

Matt writes:

> I think somehow you have missed entirely the gist of my
original post. I am
> merely curious as to whether foreign debris inside a Leica
lens is as common
> as two dealers assure me it is. Remember I bought this
lens knowing that it
> had specks on the lens. I do not wish to return it to
Leica as the lens
> works fine as previously stated. To somehow deduce from my
post that I am
> 'going off the handle' and 'are obviously in the throes of
a "he dinged my
> new car!" frenzy, ' is quite extraordinary to say the
least.

I understood your original post (which is why I have not
posted).  If you search the archives (I don't what subject
to use), you will find that your comment about specs has
been repeated repeatedly (grin).

The problem is that the cure is often worse than the
original problem.  Nearly all of my lenses have some type of
speck in them (if you shine a light right).  If they didn't
when they were new, they developed them over time.  (I think
that the matte coating drops off).  I have never found that
this has been a problem in actual picture taking.

But it is annoying and if it actually makes a difference,
then it is time to send the lens back.

Regards, Bill Larsen
(who hasn't quite got the windows reload on this thing to
work perfectly)
Oh, and for V8 Power, from California, home of Edelbrock