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[OM] Re: Yellowed 24mm f/2.0 MC

Subject: [OM] Re: Yellowed 24mm f/2.0 MC
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:58:37 +1000
Here's the classic repair for a yellowed radioactive Pentax 50mm -
http://www.hermes.net.au/bayling/repair.html

Some of the single-coated Zuikos had a golden look to the coating.
My 24/2 is elsewhere but I'll go check later - but it was one of the  
pro-grade lenses that was always multi-coated in some form as far as  
I remember.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 02/10/2008, at 12:07 AM, Dawid Loubser wrote:

> By they way, a number of older Pentax and Canon lenses also suffer
> from yellowing due to "radioactive" thorium glass, cured through  
> intense
> sunlight exposure for a couple of days.



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