Re: focus stiffness (was [Leica] Black Hole?)

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Oops!  I did mean this to be positive in that the images that the Leica
lenses produce are astounding and worrying about 'specks' etc. was not worth
the effort.  I do hope I have not started a thread with people worrying
about the quality of the innards of their lenses, although I am sure most
here on the LUG (and LEG) are as you say 'too damn busy taking pictures,
rather than screwing around playing with the equipment'.

I have to say though, I was impressed by the crap I saw in my Noctilux -
obviously makes the lens as good as it is!

Simon

Ted Grant wrote:

> Simon wrote:
>  >>>As I said, try shining a torch through your cleanest lens, you will
> soon stop
> worrying about the cleanliness of the internals and minor blemishes on the
> optics.  Remember when lenses had bubbles?<<<<
>
> Hi Simon me old son,
> Unfortunately, mentioning "shining the light through the lens from skinny
> end to fat end" and seeing all the 'orrible specks, ;-)  you may have
> opened a major can of worms for weeks to come on the LUG. And giving near
> heart attacks to those who try your test.
>
> The posts will now begin with," I checked my new lens with a flash light
> and it's going right back for replacement! I couldn't believe Leica QC
> allowing a lens out of the plant with so much crap in it." etc etc etc
>
> However, they're not bright enough to realize the very lens they hold in
> hand and are now wailing about, is the very lens they used to create those
> sharp, crisp, beautiful images expected from a Leica piece of glass.
>
> This "shining the light through the lens" has and was beaten to death in
> the past, several times and accomplishes little, other than creating
> several Leica owner cardio vascular spasms! ;-) Or worse! ;-)
>
> I never ever thought of doing these kinds of things, shining a flash light
> in the lens, in all my years of "using Leica cameras and lenses."  Nor any
> of the Nikon, Canon glass either.  Why?
>
> I was always too damn busy taking pictures, rather than screwing around
> playing with the equipment.  If more people around here would stop wailing
> about dinky things and were out taking pictures, they'd all be a much
> happier lot.
>
> I realize your earlier point was in the positive, to illustrate the
"stuff"
> inside our lenses. But one must keep in mind there are some folks here who
> simply go ballistic with the fears of dust on the lens. But then to
> discover there's more inside than out, they just loose it completely and
> you'll have bodies lying all over the planet! ;-)
> ted
>
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