On Aug 30, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: >> The best lens person in the US who I would send any lens with that >> kind of growth on it to is John Van Stelton at Focal Point: >> http://www.focalpointlens.com/ >> >> Anyone who values their lenses should keep that URL handy! They >> normally do Leica, Rollei, Hasselblad work, but have done others for >> me and friends of mine. Not cheap, but then neither is an FA77. > > He's undoubtedly good, but if Amita sends the lens there it will have > its SMC coating removed. Look first for a less drastic solution.
Not necessarily, Joe. If the lens can be restored by disassembly, cleaning and reassembly, they'll do that. If the elements are damaged, they can replace them with factory originals and properly readjust the lens to as new specification. Even if they did strip and recoat the lenses, however, based on the work I've seen from them I doubt you would find any fault with their work. They are top notch, the lenses that have been restored by them after heinous coating damage have proven to be superb performers. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
