Nokton 1.5/50

<p>Hello everyone. Have any of you seen something like this before? The inside of this Nokton looks like someone speckled it with white spraypaint. I thought it was some kind of mold or fungus but when I look through the glass .... its perfect. Only one spec of dust. But when looked at at an angle it looks horrible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.<img src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb447/milkbar22/DSC006281024x574.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb447/milkbar22/DSC006261024x574.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Shine a flashlight (torch) through if from each end, that will tell you the real deal. Dealers at camera shows always seem to carry the small "maglite" just for this purpose when examining lenses for purchase.</p>

<p>At the edges of the elements? That's just poor or failing black paint on the rough edges of the glass elements. The image doesn't go through there. It may slightly increase flare.</p>

<p>I agree John , it does appear to be the paint. But why is the inside of the lens NOT littered with little black flakes? Is the paint just cracking and pulling away from itself ..... revealing the metal?</p>

<p>Henry, the white spots are caused by the internal reflection in glass. They appear as soon as the paint is slightly separated from the glass, the flakes don't need to fall off.<br>

One may also say they are just air bubbles between the glass and the paint.</p>

 

<p>Some repair people will repaint the edges of elements in this condition.</p>

<p>When you're looking directly at the paint area (painted side), it can also look like tiny hairline cracks.<br /> Viewed as bubbles on the side that you're seeing.</p>

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<p>Yup, all the above explanations are correct; nothing to worry about. Now go load up your Voigtlander and post the results here ( and Classic Manual Cameras forum).</p>

 

<p>Thank you all for your input. I kind of freaked when I first saw it ....... my blood pressure is back to normal now. I will definetly post some pictures Gabor , promise. Thanks again.</p>