Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe Berenbaum wrote: > At 10:08 09/09/97 -0700, you wrote: > <snip> > >> Can one reasonably suppose that a lens > >> that still looks fine today is likely to remain so? I have one > that > >> I like very much, and shows no problems, so I'd like to know > whether > >> I need to add "yet". > > > >How lucky do you feel? Once it starts, the lens is dead. I view the > > >relube cost as very inexpensive insurance. > >Regards, > >Stephen Gandy > > I need some feedback here if possible. Inside mine I can see, but only > if I > look with a mini flashlight at an angle, that there is a very slight > visible > speckling on one of the surfaces at the rear of the lens. Does this > sound > like the problem we are talking about? (I knew I'd find a use for my > 85/2 > LTM Nikkor eventually...) > > Joe Berenbaum Joe - Not sure how you define slight visible speckling. My defective TE90-M has more than "slight" speckling as well as a fine haze that you feel you can wipe off with a fresh microfibre lens cloth ... but you can't. As I mentioned earlier, it makes a nice paperweight and a reminder to learn more about checking out a used lens.