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Why Did Schneider Allow Schneideritis to Happen?

Franklee

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Wondering why, once their lenses started displaying Schneiderist regularly (in the 1970s I am guessing) they didn't change their build methods and materials to prevent it from happening? I understand that it magically has absolutely no effect on anything and I'm willing to accept that but when a $2500 20-year old Schneider 110mm XL has snowflakes inside it... Why the heck didn't change the paint!?
 

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Franklee said:
Schneiderist
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In the thread title I've changed it to "Schneideritis" for better recognition.

mshchem said:
This took decades to show up.
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I that pretty much explains it. By the time it shows up:
1: it was too late to change manufacturing procedures and materials
2: the lens would beyond any reasonable service lifetime anyway, so it would only be relevant for a second hand market
3: it's harmless, so who cares to begin with.
 

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I don't really think manufactures speculate too much about product life decades after their products have been discontinued.
 

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As said above, they simply not have cared enough to do anything about it.
Perhaps they did do something and it didn't help sufficiently.
Perhaps they intended to do something but found it wasn't feasible as the solutions had drawbacks that defeated the purpose.

It's one of those things that 'just is'.
 

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Nihilists! F*** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
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Setting reductio ad absurdum aside, there's a divide between things that are worth worrying about and things that aren't. Where you draw that line depends on loads of factors. In this case, I would reason:
* There's nothing we can do about it
* It has no practical impact of any concern
* It's exceedingly unlikely we will ever be able to produce a reliable answer to the question "why"
At that point I'd say "stop worrying and love the bomb."

And that concludes movie classics class for today, kids!
 

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Issues with my Schneider lenses? No problem...I have these [useless documents] ...Ha ha...

 
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