Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/24

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Subject: Re: 90mm f2.8 tele elmarit
From: wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 11:19:18 -0500

Mark:

I don'thave my reference books here at work with me, by my tele-elmarit
suffered from glue failure of the rear element. (As diagnosed by Sherry
Krauter) She told me that there was a batch that suffered this fate and it
is well known to repairers.

kw

>Well, both the five-element and four-element versions of the Tele-Elmarit
>-- and the four-element Elmarit -- lack glued elements, so I suspect your
>acquaintance is another one of those mythopoetic sorts who tend to
>congregate at camera shows.
>
>The five-element Elmarit DID have two glued elements, but I certainly have
>never heard a tale of 'bad glue joints'.
>
>Marc
>
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!

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