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Re: [OM] Chipped front element impact?

Subject: Re: [OM] Chipped front element impact?
From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 22:10:30 -0400
I understand that the therapy for a lens chip is to paint it black.

At 21:01 19-05-03 -0500, Curtis P. Hedman wrote:
>I picked up a 100mm f/2.8 E.Zuiko at a cheap price, because it has a pretty 
>good sized chip out of the edge of the front element... a test roll has shown 
>the lens to produce good images at all apertures, and I wanted the lens as 
>sort of a bang-around lens to go with a "user" OM-2n, perhaps to keep in my 
>Jeep for the occasional unplanned photo opportunity. My question is, what sort 
>of image degradation should I expect due to the damaged front element? Flare? 
>Less contrast? loss of sharpness? Other than the chip, the lens seems to be in 
>good shape, with only a little internal dust.
>
>Thoughts and comments are welcomed!
>
>Curt

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