Here's a bizarre story: I bought a lens from another list member last October. He mailed it to me via USPS Priority Mail on October 19th, 2001. After 5 weeks or so of not receiving the lens he was kind enough to send a refund and deal with the US postal service himself.
Well, guess what? Yesterday, after 7 months, I received the lens. The box was intact and showed no signs of damage. I opened the box and removed the lens. I had my MX at work with me and mounted the lens for a quick check. All I saw was black. Nothing, nada. The glass was completely opaque. I removed the front element and could barely see through it. Let's just say that sunglasses could never be this dark. The lens is a Vivitar Series 1 70-210/3.5 with VMC. Could the postal service have done something to this lens to cause all the lens elements to go extremely dark? Could some kind of irradiation or x-rays or a chemical reaction cause the glass or coatings to fog? Anybody have any ideas at all? Thanks Christian - 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 .
