Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whenever I buy a Leica lens more than 20 years old (and there has been plenty), I always get them cleaned. No exceptions. There is just something with haze and Leitz. Ray > Take the lens off and stop it down. Hold it up to a light source and look > through the rear element. See if there is a shadow cast by the diaphragm > on the lens element immediately behind it. My second-generation Summicron > has a hazy element at this position. > > Mike D > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html