Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/24

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Subject: [Leica] forget about coatings, how about them
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Mon Nov 24 21:03:03 2008

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:

>Richard, I think with a scratch that big you will see some flare in   
>contre-jour situations. I think I would ask for a bigger discount than   
>what you mention below. 
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Maybe Richard could do what I did to a DR Summicron that has a tiny
gouge in the front element: I filled in the gap with black opaque (used for
touching out spots on Kodalith negatives), and wiped off the excess, so
the spot wouldn't refract light.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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