A couple of incidental notes: Scratches on the front element of a lens have *very* little effect on image quality (unless there are so many of them that veiling flare starts to reach intolerable levels). Scratches on the *rear* element of a lens are much more dangerous. Protect that rear element at all costs when swapping lenses!
For those who wondered why my friend photographs under UV light at all, he's a forensic pathologist: he says UV is really good for revealing bite marks. I'll just take him at his word for that... But he's a very good photographer outside the morgue and has won prizes for his landscapes in juried competitions. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
