Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A speck in the lens will not leave a spot on the neg. You only get a clear spot on the neg from something very close to the focal plane. Something in the lens can leave a fuzzy patch but it would have to be pretty big. John Collier On Jul 19, 2004, at 12:46 AM, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote: > 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.