andrew fildes wrote:
>Both the 8mm and the 16mm had a UV filter in the early type replaced
>by a 'neutral' filter in the later.
I'd never noticed this. Mine's an early one with a UV filter. When I checked
this, I noticed a bit of weirdness with the front element. It looks like it's
got bubbles around the edge. It almost looks like element separation, but
according to the e-sif and parts diagram, the front element is just a single
piece of glass. So, I removed the front element to investigate further. One
thing that the e-sif doesn't show is that there's a brass ring glued to the
back of the element. From the parts diagram, this might be CA165300 and/or
CA160600. It's extremely hard to tell where the bubbles are on this very
curved lens, but I'm thinking they might be from the brass ring pulling off.
Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone know if it is possible to remove this
ring, repaint the back of the element, and reglue the ring?
Mark
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