Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Noctilux
From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:19:54 -0500

Ted,

>>However, my R 2.8 28 had this nice little zit burned right in the surface
after one episode and sure I was upset.

But you know what? ...... it never showed anywhere from wide open to closed
right down! My good luck.  Did I sell it because I was a tad image lens
quality panicked?  Yep! And my buddy that I sold it to for a song has for
many years jazzed me about it because he's shot thousands of rolls of film
and at no time has he ever seen any degradation at all.<<

I'm amazed at how badly a lens can be damaged without it showing up in the
results. Over the years I've used played around with some pretty scratched
up lenses (front and rear elements). I've yet to identify degredation. Even
in the worst cases, if it shows up in the end result it's too subtle for my
eye. Thus, while even a tiny nick in an element causes me to cringe, it
doesn't seem to have much effect on the actual image. 

Dave    
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Replies: Reply from "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com> ([Leica] WAS: Noctilux now: zits and fence on lens.)