In a message dated 4/17/2007 4:13:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Generally the dust only settles in the cavity where t4eh aperture resides so it's not a particularly complex procedure but it's labor intensive. So unless the dust cover is particularly dense and the lens is well used or valuable then it's probably not worth the effort. If it's bad enough it can reduce the contrast as can vapor deposits from old lubricants or plasticizers but it's pretty rare to come across a lens that bad.
Cheers, -- Rob Studdert ========= Question -- Dust in a lens does NOT show up like dust on a sensor? Hmmm. I thought that's why people got all hung up on dust in lenses. Marnie aka Doe ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

