Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] filters or scratches (Clear Plastic Tape / Camera destruction)
From: Henry Ambrose <henryambrose@home.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:33:33 -0500
 
Actually, I only quoted in answering:
>>>I can't get one thingŠ

And I agree completely with John that rear element scratches are serious.
I would not buy a lens damaged this way.
Which is why I ALWAYS put on the back cap when the lens is off the camera.

Henry

>on 10/16/01 9:04 AM, Henry Ambrose at henryambrose@home.com wrote:
>
>>> I can't get one thing together: it's been continuously stated that <lens
>>> front/rear element scratches don't visibly influence image quality> - am I
>>> right?
>
>depends on the scratches
>
>scribble of cleaning marks on the back element can SERIOUSLY degrade a lens
>
>-- 
>John Brownlow
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