Over at YahooGroups Spotmatic Users Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Spotmatic/
one of the members took a yellowed 1.4 50mm SMC to a friend who had a gieger counter or some such device. Turned out it read something like 150 of whatever units the device measures (roentgens maybe?), which is apparently quite hot. But, not dangerously so. One presumes if you slept with your lens next to your nether regions, you might eventually end up sterile, but hey, who needs a vastectomy anyways? ;-) OTOH, if you sleep with your lenses, you've got way more important issues to deal with. Seriously, given the amount of time the lens would be in proximity of your body, it should not be a problem, so our "expert" says. Just to be sure, I shortened all the neck straps on my Spotties! The message should be archived somewhere in the Group. I think it was from August or September somewhere, if someone is sufficiently motivated to dig it up. regards, frank Sas Gabor wrote: > Hi, > > On 1 Feb 2002 at 14:33, Alan Abbott wrote: > > I have been following the threads about rare earth elements in old > > lenses with interest. I does concern me that there 'may' be a health > > problem with them. I love my Tak lenses but... What do people think? > > Is this one of those things that you have more chance of winning the > > lottery or is it a real concern? > > I think it's no problem as long as you don't eat the lenses. > > Gabor > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
