Possibly an evaporated oil film, especially if the camera was stored in
a very hot environment such as an attic. I don't think it will be too
hard to clean. I have no specific knowledge of the 35S but I've
disassembled a couple of rangefinder lenses and found it fairly easy to
remove the front and/or rear elements by simply unscrewing them. Doing
something with the shutter or diaphragm is a different story.
Anyhow, with the aperture wide open and the shutter closed you might be
able to tell whether the film is on the inside of the front lens group
or the rear lens group. Then you can decide which one to try to remove
for cleaning. Or, you may decide to remove only that which comes out
easily. If the film is on the outside of either lens group you can
probably reach the offending surface with a Q-tip by reaching through
the diaphragm and shutter openings.
The stiff focus might be dried grease in the focusing helicoid but I
have no experience with that or this particular camera.
Chuck Norcutt
Walters, Martin wrote:
> The 35S is in pretty good cosmetic condition, the focus is smooth if
> slightly stiff (which could be normal), the diaphragm doesn't stick and
> the shutter fires (do need to listen to the various speeds). Came with
> original cap, slightly the worse for wear and, as a surprise, the
> matching Tower light meter (mounts on flash shoe) with case. After a
> good clean of the exterior, the only flaw seems to be a dirty lens.
> There's a "film", for want of a better word, on the the centre part of
> the lens somewhere "inside", which doesn't look like fungus. I'll have
> to run a film through to see what impact it has.
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