One of my old Kodak anastigmats that is particularly sharp has a bunch of them. Same thing for a huge Bausch and Lomb Telestigmat that came out of the belly of a b-25 or b-29, I'm told. I think Richard once explained it being characteristic of certain types of high index glass. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim MacKenzie" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:42 AM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: (slightly OT) little black spots in Zuiko lens > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:39 AM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: (slightly OT) little black spots in Zuiko lens > > > > Years ago, when certain kinds of optical glass was difficult to make, > > lenses were sold with a small bubble or two in one or more elements. > > I'm not talking about off brand lenses but lenses from reputable > > companies. > > Not just years ago - this still happens in every lens sold today, although > the size and number of the bubbles has decreased quite markedly. The > perfect lens has not yet been made. > > Jim > > ============================================================================ ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.