Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As much as we tout the reliability and quality of Leica lenses, I have found that they are sometimes prone to slough of the anti-reflection coating. I had a 90 Elmarit-R which I sent in to have modified with a third cam- within two years, there was a considerable amount of black flaky stuff on the inside of the glass. I did send it back, and they repaired it with no hassle, though they did not apologize for nor explain the reason for the flaking. I put it down to a bad batch of paint.... if this was a new lens- it does not bode well for whoever supplies their matte black paint! Good luck! Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine -HFB- Ashton" <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] lens repair/cleaning > John Collier [jbcollier@shaw.ca] quoth: > *>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. > > No, it's way to big to be dust or fuzz, and it looks a bit like some sort > of small bug. I did look because of the negative of a late night shot had > a spot on it which, of course, can be removed but I'm worried that > something might be wrong with the lens if it's sucking stuff that large > into it. > > e. > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >