On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 04:54:03PM -0500, Stephen Moore wrote: > Nitin Garg wrote: > > >> How does one restore a lens that was dropped in water (totally submerged > >> to the point one can see water inside the lens) ? Its the old all > >> mechanical lens so no electronics getting damaged problem (tho maybe the > >> lubricant getting in the lens might happen ?). > >> > >> I was wondering if just leaving it out to dry would fix it. But that > >> might leave spots of salt etc that was dissolved in the water... Was > >> wondering is should dip it again in distilled water and try it with a > >> hair dryer or something. Or should I just treat it as junk now ? > > There's always this fix... ;-) > > http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html >
i have seen it before. funnily enough, this lens is a yellowing super-tak 50/1.4 :) - 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 .

