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Telefogar 90mm f3.5 Meyer-Optik Gorlitz M42
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Lens had conversion from Altix mount to M42 it has a big scratch in center and some dust inside, dirty lenses. I did describe a bit for those people who think a scratch make a lens to unusable.












Last edited by Attila on Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:31 pm; edited 1 time in total


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Very nice pictures.....BTW I read in Amateur Photographer a long while ago that large/deep scratches on the front lens element can be filled in with matt black paint without too much detriment to the picture taking ability.....havent tried it myself though


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trev wrote:
Very nice pictures.....BTW I read in Amateur Photographer a long while ago that large/deep scratches on the front lens element can be filled in with matt black paint without too much detriment to the picture taking ability.....havent tried it myself though


Don't need really, look pictures it is not impact quality at all.