Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Rolfe, When I shine the light through the lens, I see no fungus or anything untoward, and there are no cleaning marks on the front. I bought it from a reputable LHSA member, from whom I also bought my M3 a few years ago, and he told me that the lens had recently been professionally cleaned. Mind you, in my testing I purposely subjected the lens to difficult conditions that would challenge even a newer lens. Nathan Rolfe Tessem wrote: > Nathan, > > Mine had the same flare-prone symptoms until I had Sherry give it a good > cleaning. Now it's as contrasty as my later Summicrons. Are you sure yours > doesn't have some internal haze? > > I agree it's a nice match on the M3. > > Rolfe > > -- > Rolfe Tessem > rolfe@ldp.com > Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html