Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] Need tips buying used Leica lenses (In particular Leitz 50/3.5 Elmar)
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sun Oct 23 09:09:25 2005
References: <9de10d6d0510230341i27d2bee3j1261c43997774adf@mail.gmail.com> <C4EEE346-FA5D-4B8B-BFCF-10096831B51F@shaw.ca> <6.2.5.6.2.20051023161533.038e9970@screengang.com>
 
John has said that he cannot work on the front elements of the f/3.5  
and f/2.8 50s. They are too small for his equipment.

John Collier

On 23-Oct-05, at 8:43 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

>
>
>> The only way to repair a 50 3.5 or 2.8 is to replace the front
>> element.
>>
>
> Not sure. 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.
In reply to: Message from edwin76 at gmail.com (Ed) ([Leica] Need tips buying used Leica lenses (In particular Leitz 50/3.5 Elmar))
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] Need tips buying used Leica lenses (In particular Leitz 50/3.5 Elmar))
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Need tips buying used Leica lenses (In particular Leitz 50/3.5 Elmar))