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

Subject: [OM] Re: Yellowed 24mm f/2.0 MC
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:52:52 -0400
That is so funny.  At first I thought it was serious, then saw the 
sledge hammer.  Nice action shot of the pulverized glass flying from the 
front.

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Andrew Fildes wrote:
> 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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