Zak Forsman Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I have an opportunity to pick up this Kowa (Bell and Howell) lens but one of the pictures shows some damage to the rear element. Just curious if any of the more experienced anamorphic shooters here could tell me if and how this might affect image quality.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I think so.Even good lens is not expensive, I would not take this risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Forsman Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 thank you, ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enny Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 oh yeah that defiantly looks bad and will show in final image i have one of these kowas for bell and H rellyyyyyyy good lens paid abut 700 but its dam sharp flares and i can focus down to 3ft with yahisca 50mm ml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raf702 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I saw this on eBay and was going to add it to my watch list. But the condition of the lens is very iffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted March 3, 2015 Administrators Share Posted March 3, 2015 The rainbow is separation, the glued elements coming apart.Avoid that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valid Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I had one which looked much better (less worse?) than that, but even then when I disassembled it I could see that the rear elements were practically falling apart from each other.In theory it's fixable, you just need to decement the separating elements, and then recement them together. Up to you if you want to do it ;-) I personally decided that it wasn't worth the ball-ache and just kept mine for spares PS in practice the separation will appear as patches of softness in the image. Not drastic, but definitely not a perfect image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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