Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Preferred older lenes?
From: Chandos <cmbrow@wm.edu>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 09:23:55 -0500
References: <001b01c16471$42d19cc0$d0ab3842@triad.rr.com>

Walt,

I will happily swap you a lifetime's supply of specially formulated 
3000-grit Leica lens cleaning wipes for all of the "conical" thingies in 
your possession.

C


At 08:19 AM 11/05/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> > > Any of the 50's have the "glow".  Starting with the Summar which can be
> > > incredibly cheap and has a look all of it's own at F2 to the rigid
> > Summicron
>
>Yeah, my beat-to-hell-sandpapered-front element 24 Nikkor has that glow....
>My slightly less beat up 50 Nikkor is getting that same kinda glow....a few
>more years bouncing in my bag without a "uv" filter should do it for that
>one, too (I'd never use filters, degrades the image too much)
>
>I've noticed that the "glow" has disappeared from my 35 summicron....It was
>destroyed by cleaning out the haze.....Now I've ruined it....
>
>I'm looking for one that has had the glass cleaned repeatedly by grit
>impregnated burlap...I'll pay extra for some separation...please advise if
>any of you can help me out...
>
>BTW, I have a bunch of  round  things that came
>with various lenses over the years to....little conical shaped things, some
>are "slotted"....they seem to clip over the front of the lens,  but I've
>never had a use for them...but I'd be willing to trade??????
>
>
>Walt
>
>
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