Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html