scratched Leica TELE-ELMARIT .

flipfoto · 07-12-2007

I'm buying a voigtlander 3ra with a couple of lenses. One of them is a Leica Tele-elmarit 90 mm 2.8 with a badly damaged coating on the frontlens.

Does anybody know it I can take of the coating.... does it leave me with an oldfashioned lens, or am I making the problem even worse. As long as there is no direct light on the lens it works remarkably wel.

Sugiestion are welcom!

Flip

35mmdelux · 07-12-2007

test the lens and see what you get. Try to stop it down, rather than shooting wide open where the damaged coating will negatively impact the fotos. Use lens a shade and try to have light source behind you to avoid flare.

colyn · 07-12-2007

If you try to remove the coating you'll do more damage. If the damage is only to the coating and the glass is damage free it can be re-coated..

laptoprob · 07-12-2007

I had an Elmarit 90 repaired, the front lens was badly damaged. Like sandblast-holes in it. Looked not too bad, like internal haze at first sight. I got the lens very cheap so I could take the gamble.
In theory without the front coating the lens will flare more but with a proper hood could do well.
As suggested earlier, test the lens as it is.

Welcome, by the way. Where in Holland do you live?

trittium · 07-12-2007

I read that you can bring it to a good eyeglass seller, and they can chemically strip off the old coating and re-multicoat it. I would say try it first. If it is bad, call a few optometrists.

flipfoto · 07-14-2007

thanx for all the replys. I will test it first. Have to wait another day..... From Belgium to Holland is quite a distance :-)

Flip (from Ubbergen, near Nijmegen)

flipfoto · 07-30-2007

well, I've got the camera and the lenses and shoot some rolls..... the 90 mm isn't useable at all. Since the 90 mm voigtlander apo lanthar 3,5/90 mm only costs about 280 euro's (aprox. 380 usd) I will go for that option. thanx for your comment

Flip.

payasam · 07-31-2007

Pity to waste a good lens. You might try the re-coating option.