I recently saw an old 50mm f1.0 Canon lens on a rangefinder in a camera shop
in Melbourne and it sure enough had this amazing golden yellow reflex. Talk
about a mass of glass on your camera. It would be interesting to know
whether that was also a rare earth glass.
I agree that it would be interesting to know whether the cast in these
lenses has come after time or whether they came from the factory like that,
and like someone suggested that the coating reflecting yellow might be a
compensatory measure to eliminate some of the yellow.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 55mm f/1.2 [was: Re: olympus-digest V2 #2405]
> >I have a 1950s vintage Leica Summicron in Leica Screw mount that
> >has this yellow tinge too. I bought a hand-held Geiger counter recently
> >for a trip to the Trinity (first A-bomb test) site in New Mexico. I had
> >heard that this Summicron was maybe radioactive and when I tested it
> >with my Geiger counter it sure enough was - Reading 1000 counts/minute
> >with my Geiger counter held right up to the front lens element.
> >
> >I had assumed the yellow in the glass was a result of the radioactivity
> >affecting the glass and or coatings -- I didn't think this lens came with
> >the yellow tint in it when new. I assumed the same thing about the
55/1.2
> >Zuiko -- is this not the case and did these "radioactive" lenses come
from
> >the factory with their glass having a slight yellow tinge??
> >
> >Also, what other lenses in the Zuiko lineup have radioactive glass (if
any)?
> >
> >Mark Hammons
>
>
>
> By the time I bought my M3 new with dual range Summicron the
> reflection was blue. An informal poll of friends with Japanese
> cameras at the time revealed that most of their lenses reflected
> yellow.
>
> Winsor
> --
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
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