Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/19/00 5:19:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, wilcox@tir.com writes: << If mine is merely looked through without the flashlight it looks completely clear also. >> This is a dumb question: considering that old 50 Summicrons with coating damage and other early Leica lenses with "haze" easily visible to the naked eye with no special lighting required, produce sharp but low contrast images compared to pristine samples, how hideous can the pictures be from these 90's that have some haze you can't even see unless you hit it at just the right angle with a flashlight? This survey is interesting and all (I have #2587xxx with tiny speckles on the *inside* of the *front* element, not the rear, but again only visible with oblique flashlighting) but has anyone ever shot one with a bona-fide case of foggy rear-element Skinny-Elmar-Disease against a healthy one and compared? Does the haze affect the pictures or just the re-sale value? Doc