Even though I am the one that said the lens before, I do really have to
agree with this. Optically, my explanation is not plausible.
John
AG Schnozz wrote:
>
> That "Lens flaw" looks an aweful lot like a piece of lint stuck
> in the focal-plane shutter opening. With no film in the camera,
> put the shutter on "bulb", remove the lens and look at the film
> opening very carefully while holding the shutter open. You will
> see a very tiny (probably only 3mm in length) piece of lint
> stuck in the bottom of the film opening. Remove lint with
> tweezers, and go on with life.
>
> If it was hoop shaped it would be a "flying shutter string".
>
> Impossible for the lens to have caused this unless there was a
> huge hair sticking out from the back that was pressing against
> the film. A tumbleweed attached to the rear element wouldn't
> cause this type of mark.
>
> The fact that you saw it appear with the use of the newly
> acquired lens is purely coincidental.
>
> AG-Schnozz
>
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