Indeed. A friend swore by a Nikon MF lens that had a scratch in the
front element - a short, deep one. Sharp as and he put a little ink
in it to kill any flare. He once weakened and bought a pristine,
later example and it wasn't nearly as good.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 28/02/2007, at 10:29 PM, Moose wrote:
> I assure you far more photographic equipment as been damaged by over
> cleaning than the reverse. You would be amazed how much crap (In this
> case, using Walt's definition.) can be on a lens without any
> discernible
> effect.
>
> I believe it may have been the above gentleman and scholar who did
> some
> tests with and without a big piece of tape on the front of a lens.
> Nobody could pick out which was which with any more than random
> success,
> as I recall. I certainly couldn't.
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