Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/13

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Subject: RE: Something's Really Wrong...with a 35 ASPH
From: KEVIN BURKE <KBURKE@iterated.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 10:44:00 EST

>From: David W. Almy

>True story: Bought a new 35 1.4 ASPH delivered 12/24/96. Looked fine at
>first glance.  [...]

>Last night, preparing for a large project which starts Monday, closely
>inspected lens. There is a huge piece of lint dead center of the lens just
>behind the aperture blades, INSIDE THE LENS!! Also a smaller spec,
>seemingly on the same surface, off to the side. Cripes!!

I was considering a 35mm ASPH show sample that had a fibrous looking
thing inside it.  Since it was a show sample, I suspected the foreign object
had worked it's way in over the course of repeated handling.  Strange that
a new one would show this.

 - Kevin
kburke@iterated.com