Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli, I get CLA done on old lenses by technicians with over 30 years of experience for US$10 -15 per lens, and it takes less than a week. I have cleaned old Nikon, Leica and Rollei lenses - with no problems as yet. There are advantages to living in the third world!! Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Seeking a new 50 > > On Mar 25, 2005, at 10:29 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > >> Really! What did they do to the lens. Just a cleaning, or brand >> new coatings. Pray tell. >> >> Scott > > They performed a general CLA, meaning they cleaned out the haze and > removed the old lubricants and replaced them with new ones. The blackened > the aperture blades (the edges had worn silver) and either repainted or > touched up the black paint on the interior of the barrel. Then it was > reassembled > to spec. > > The front coating has a few tiny blemishes, but it's not a big deal. I did > not > have her re-coated, because I was afraid it would change the fingerprint > of > the lens. > > As I mentioned, flare is no longer a problem. When they cleaned out > the haze, they also killed some of the 'glow', which I miss... > > Overall there was a very noticeable jump in contrast, especially wide > open. > I also seem to notice an increase in sharpness across the entire frame, > which may be do to the optics being aligned back to spec, but it could > also be a result of the increase in contrast. > > Well worth the $150 bucks. > > Feli > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >