Looks more like paint flecks.
Hmm, you might be right. I wonder if some of the black paint from inside the lens has flaked off.
Hmm, you might be right. I wonder if some of the black paint from inside the lens has flaked off.
I think it is lens debris. If it does not affect printing, leave it as it is. Otherwise fix it yourself or send it to be repaired.
I was planning to sell the lens since I no longer use it (or the Leica v35 enlarger I bought it for), but I’ll have it repaired before doing so.
I doubt you can sell it for enough to recover the cost of getting it fixed.
I can see the effects of the debris when printing.
In my experience, Schneideritis generally does not involve bits of paint actually coming loose and starting to bounce around between lens groups. It's really limited to basically air bubbles between lens elements and the barrel.
At small apertures I can see how these might show up. I'd also expect that disassembling the lens and cleaning out the stuff takes less than half an hour. It's the kind of job I'd personally do myself.I can see the effects of the debris when printing.
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At small apertures I can see how these might show up. I'd also expect that disassembling the lens and cleaning out the stuff takes less than half an hour. It's the kind of job I'd personally do myself.
I've not run into that problem myself. If you take everything apart carefully, document the correct order & orientation in which everything is put together, it shouldn't be too difficult to put it back together again. The more tricky bits on lenses like these are (1) removing the fascia ring without damaging it and (2) getting the aperture back together again, especially if you disassemble it very far (not that you'd want to do that in this case). This ain't rocket science, neither is this an item of extreme historical or financial value, so I'd just give it a go.Is there a potential problem getting the elements back in precisely the correct position?
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