Ouch! I think that's gonna hurt.
My 50/2 Zuiko Macro has a teeny, tiny little brass thingy about a quarter of a
millimeter in diameter behind the front element (or group -- I didn't look at
the schematic) that can be barely seen only in the exact right light. Still, it
annoys me and causes me to wonder if it's worth disassembling the lens (not me,
but somebody competent) to get it out.
Neither your scratch nor my little brassy thingy amount to a hill of beans as
far as performance is concerned, but they're the equivalent of a ding in the
door and a hole in the muffler of the car when you try to sell it: not a big
deal, but there it is.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: "GeeBee" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I have one of the above and intend selling it (to get out of debt not into
> digital) so I gave it a detailed inspection to accurately describe its
> condition. Horror of horrors there is a scratch on the front element. I
> cannot believe that I would miss something like that when I bought it and I
> know I have done nothing to cause it since owning it. The only explanation
> that I can think of is that the local repair shop must have done it when
> they remedied the loss of click stops on the aperture ring a short time
> after I got it.
>
> The scratch can be seen at about the 4 o'clock position on the shot below
> and my question is can anyone hazard a guess at what kind of beating I am
> going to take on its value? I am primed for wisecracks as well as sensible
> advice :-)
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/Temp_03.htm
>
> --Graham
>
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