UV will definitely clear the yellowing on the 35/2 supertak. Ive done it myself many times using a black light (UV). Don't know about fungus, doubt that.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Seek and ye shall find Takumars On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Dec 20, 2011, at 18:52, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I don't have a hood, but you may want to hold the lens up to a white >> light to see if there's a yellow cast to the elements. The 35/2 Tak >> is one of the lenses that may have been built with the radioactive >> elements . If so, it would be subject to yellowing. No problem >> shooting digital. It's only a drawback when shooting film. (I have a >> yellowed 35/2, hence my knowledge of this.) > > Have you not tried the "subject this lens to UV light for quite some > time" cure for this? > > Just needs a bit (ok, some days) of sunlight. Or so I have read. I don't use the lens, so I really haven't tried to correct it. I've heard of the UV light fix for fungus. Don't know if it will cure the yellowing. Paul > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
