Bad, bad Pawel, you should not be encouraging Norm. Bad... Pawel Bartuzi wrote: > Norm, > > This is exactly what I was affraid of - the dust can escape from the > lens and scatter all over my camera bag! If you feel you can tackle the > problem I will gladly send you the lens safely packed along with SMC M > 24-35/3.5, K 28/2 and K 35/2 which also have some dust inside. I am > really glad you offered help as I was feeling somewhat lost not knowing > what to do. Luckily FA 35/2 is new and therefore relatively clean. > > Do you feel you could dispose also my refconverter A and a MX body? :-) > > Pawel > > > Norm Baugher wrote: > >> Hi Pawel, sounds like a lot of dust. Usually this makes the lens >> worthless and they should be disposed of properly. If you like, you can >> send them to me and I'll dispose of them for you... >> Norm >> >> Pawel Bartuzi wrote: >> >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> What is your opinion on lens cleaning? I mean not the usual cleaning but >>> professional cleaning involving taking the lens apart and cleaning all >>> of it's surfaces? >>> >>> I ask this question because I have several K primes which are now about >>> 30 years old and although the pictures made with them are nice, when >>> inspecting the lens with strong flash light I can easily see amounts of >>> dust sitting on all of the internal surfaces. On some of the lenses, >>> like SMC K 18/3.5 - where there are 12 elements in 11 groups - I can >>> imagine it does affect the image quality (and indeed, the lens is soft >>> on the edges of the frame). >>> >>> I wonder whether thorough cleaning of the lens done by a professional >>> does improve such lens performance by a significant margin? Does it >>> raise or lower the lens value? What is your opinion, your experience? >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > .com = 9,90, .pl = 29,90 > www.nazwa.pl > >
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