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furcafe said:
very cool!
would that make it more valuable for when i sell it?
joe
furcafe
Veteran
Only if a Zeiss collector was looking, & they aren't as many of us as there are Leitz-heads, but you can always get lucky! 
back alley said:
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maybe i should keep it.
it has a lot of cleaning marks and even though it takes a nice sharp photo i was thinking it wouldn't be worth much.
joe
it has a lot of cleaning marks and even though it takes a nice sharp photo i was thinking it wouldn't be worth much.
joe
back alley said:
Yeah, those cleaning marks....definitely a sour apple in your barrel.
I hate looking at cleaning marks. You just see them! They are right there! On the Lens! But usually not in the photograph.
Just look at the photographs, you won't notice anything at all.
Just look at the photographs, you won't notice anything at all.
VinceC
Veteran
I have two SLR-version Nikkor-S 50/1.4 lenses. One has bad cleaning marks, one doesn't. I once spent a month using the cleaning-marked lens everyday, thinking it was the other, and never seeing the difference in negatives.
furcafe
Veteran
True. Same goes for a bit of edge separation & bits of dust, etc. in the elements. A great way to save money on lenses.
I have a couple lenses w/cleaning marks so numerous & deep that they've been effectively rendered flare-magnets, but they're the exception, not the rule. The scratches I need to take care are on my glasses, not my lenses!
I have a couple lenses w/cleaning marks so numerous & deep that they've been effectively rendered flare-magnets, but they're the exception, not the rule. The scratches I need to take care are on my glasses, not my lenses!
Brian Sweeney said: