Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Vick, I had a Rigid Summicron with the same things as yours, longtime ago I've sold it and I always regrett. Last June I've purchased a "new" one in really Mint condition. The deffective old one had a rare and special beauty, only with backlight was bad, on other cases it gaves me a smoothnes never founded again. I think the Rigid Summicron is one of the best Leica lenses, same optical formula as the "DR"; my advice, if you don't like the eventual haze or flare it can be cleaned and re-coated (by Malcolm Taylor in U.K.), I've do this with my Summitar and now is one of my favorites too. I'm sure that you will not regret the moey you expend repairing it. If you need further examples or address, don't hesitate to contact me Saludos cordiales Lluis El 07/10/2008, a las 14:56, Vick Ko escribi?: > I am running into a streak of bad luck with my 50/2 rigid Summicrons. > > First, I find my old DR Summicron has coating degradation - a light > fuzziness on the front coating I look closely at it. > > Then I check a 50/2 rigid chrome lens - it has the coating > degradation but to a lesser degree. Then looking inside, it has > concentric rings of some haze. It doesn't look like the rainbow > rings of doublet separation. They look literally like large > concentric rings of haze. Have you heard of this "rings" phenomena? > > Both might be destined to the "bay "as is" sales category. :-( > > That or they are my "extra glow" 50/2's. > > Vick > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information