Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh yes, he charges by the surface recoated. On one lens, he gave me a good discount because he had another recoating job and adding my lens wouldn't cost him much more (I assume that something occurs in an evacuated chamber of some sort). Anyone who knows my pictures knows that I avoid bright light and direct sunlight much of the time. Hopefully, the lack of coating won't be too significant. Jeffery > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > Jerry Lehrer > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:56 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] 50/1.5 Summarit LTM > > > Jeff > > I may be wrong, but usually when fungus is removed, the > coating is compromised. > > You would know it if he re-coated it, (or your checkbook > would know it!). > > Jerry > > "Jeffery L. Smith" wrote: > > > All the fungus was on the inside surfaces. He didn't recoat > as far as > > I know. > > > > Jeffery > > > > At 07:36 PM 1/6/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >Jeff > > > > > >A Summarit is nothing but a coated Xenon. However, since > a Xenon has > > >TEN glass to air surfaces, it is an enormous improvement. > > > > > >When you had it cleaned and "de-fungus'd", did you have it > recoated? > > > > > >Xenons always had superb bokeh, before I knew what bokeh was. > > > > > >Jerry > > > > > >"Jeffery L. Smith" wrote: > > > > > > > I bought a badly fungused 50/1.5 Summarit that I had cleaned by > > > > FocalPoint. Other than that, it is pristine (had the original > > > > Leitz UV filter on it which had probably never been removed. > > > > However, since it was out being cleaned for months, I never got > > > > into the swing of shooting with it. > > > > > > > > Anyone out there who can give me some background > (characteristics) > > > > of this lens. My Leica M book suggests that it was an > improvement > > > > over its predecessor, but isn't up to Summilux standards. I've > > > > never seen so many diaphragm blades on a lens, so I assume that > > > > the bokeh won't look like the Pentagon. > > > > > > > > What are this lens's strongest points? > > > > > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see > > >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-> users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html