How to Judge a Vintage Lens – A crash course on how to identify and evaluate lens defects
A quick guide on how to inspect and identify different kinds of lens defects: Scratches, Cleaning Marks, Haze, Separation, Fungus, Paint damage, Radiation damage, and more. Which damage is acceptable and which you should avoid. This is from our feature length REHOUSING episode… check it out • Rehousing Vintage Lenses – The journey to ... Please join the ranks of the Media Division: https://www.youtube.com/mediadivision... 00:00 - Lens Inspection techniques 01:14 - Scratches 01:52 - Cleaning Marks 02:25 - Balsam Degradation 02:36 - Balsam Separation 02:52 - Lens Haze 03:10 - Fungus 03:31 - Chipping 03:43 - Paint defects 04:08 - Radiation defects 04:25 - UV treatment 04.38 - Iris defects 04:48 - Judging defects
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