[Leica] Old Leica lenses

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Jeffrey,

This Summarit has some haze inside. But I think most of the low  
contrast is caused by flare. The sun was just above and just to the  
right of the lenses view. I have four Leica lenses I plan to send to  
John to get cleaned up. All LTM, all 50's, and all have some degree  
of haze. I'm taking quite a few photos with all four of them before I  
do. I have an uncoated Xenon with nearly perfect glass, no haze, that  
has better contrast then the Summarit.

Len




On Jan 10, 2008, at 12:37 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I have never gotten *that* low of contrast with the 50/1.5  
> Summarit. Is
> there any cloudiness in the lens? When I bought mine about 7 years  
> ago, it
> had really never been used and had received very good care
> (climate-controlled house of a relatively wealthy, clean man), the  
> in the
> inside elements had terrible fungus. John Van Stelten cleaned it  
> up, and it
> is pretty much on a par with normal lenses, even wide open, when it  
> comes to
> contrast.
>
> Jeffery L. Smith
> New Orleans, LA
>
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