[Leica] lens repair/cleaning

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

Could it be a dust speck? Such is life in this world where evil, 
lewdness, and dust run amuck. Your lens functions as an air pump as you 
focus from infinity to close focus and back. Over time dust works its 
way in. Fortunately small amounts of dust have absolutely no effect. If 
the negs look good then there isn't a problem. My advice is to never 
look into any of your lenses just look at the negs. They are all that 
matters.



John Collier

On Jul 18, 2004, at 3:41 PM, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:

> My friendly neighbourhood Leica guy is off on holiday for the rest of 
> the
> month and I noticed some sort of object inside a lens earlier this
> evening. It's a reasonably new 50mm summilux and the object is small
> enough that it would only show up in shots where I have the lens wide 
> open
> but I'm wondering how it got there to begin with. So, is it possible to
> get it cleaned and, if so, is it going to cost me a small fortune? 
> Should
> I bother or just consider that the lens is showing its use and 
> developing
> character? :)