Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01

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Subject: [Leica] Schneideritis
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Thu Sep 1 21:46:43 2005

It is small pieces of the black paint that are coming off.  The black paint
is used to kill all internal reflections in the lens.  It is painted onto
the internal surfaces of the barrel and the exterior surfaces of the optical
elements.

Usually cleanable, if the lens can be taken apart.....


Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net



In reply to: Message from leirex at sbcglobal.net (David Lee) ([Leica] Schneideritis)