LENS CLEANING

agent_cooper · Joined: 06 Oct 2010 Posts: 139 Location: Germany

I just went mad looking through some of my preferate lenses and seeing all the dust particles inside my jewels. Shocked

I'm owning a couple of C/Y Zeiss primes and some Zuikos and I'm wondering if some of you guys know a serviceman, who is willing to clean some of them.

I'm living near Frankfurt/ Germany. Can somebody give me an advice or a suggestion where to go with them? or how to handle this.

what would that cost, is it absolutely necessary todisassemble the whole lens? what about misallignements when putting it back together?

dusty-harry

ManualFocus-G · Expire: 2014-11-24

Sorry, I can't answer your question, but personally I'd rather have a few flecks of dust rather than risk someone potentially de-centering the elements etc. That said, I'm a cheapskate anyway lol

Welcome to the forum, hopefully someone will know an expert if you decide to go ahead Smile

aoleg · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1387 Location: Berlin, DE

Loose dust has zero effect on image quality; cleaning the lens can potentially affect its IQ, so I would leave it alone.

A thin film of dust covering the entire element, on the other hand, can reduce contrast, especially when shooting against the sun. Fortunately, this type of dust is mostly present in old zooms (they suck air when extending/contracting).