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Subject: [Leica] Need tips buying used Leica lenses (In particular Leitz 50/3.5 Elmar)
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sun Oct 23 07:43:58 2005
References: <9de10d6d0510230341i27d2bee3j1261c43997774adf@mail.gmail.com> <C4EEE346-FA5D-4B8B-BFCF-10096831B51F@shaw.ca>
>The only way to repair a 50 3.5 or 2.8 is to replace the front
>element.
Not shure. It depends how much the glass of the front element is affected.
In many cases only the coating is scratched, and then a lens polish and
recoating can be done.
John van Stelten of http://focalpointlens.com has recoated my collapsible
summicron past year, and it's almost flawless now though it was
significantly scratched all over the front. Recoating and CLA was around
$200 - not bad as I had got the scratched summi alsmost for free.
Didier
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