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[Krafty5260]

Okay, I like to ask the simple questions as well as the tough ones, because it makes people wonder if I'm a dumb a**, or one clever bugger. You'll each have to decide that for yourselves.
When I see lenses advertised (separately, or on came

[Rick_oleson]

Dust specks generally won't have a measurable effect on photos unless they're just horrendous: the effect of a speck of dust is usually to absorb the light that hits it, preventing that ray of light from reaching the film.... so it becomes a functio

[Krafty5260]

What a great and complete answer, Rick. Thank you. I'm left without any more questions - on this topic.
Michael

[Alex]

Rick's spot on, as always.
 
How badly can a lens be damaged and still take good pictures? Try this:
http://www.certo6.com/gallery/planar.html
 
 
Alex

[Arnoldharris]

I looked at the linked photo of what appears to be a lens of the type you might want to throw away.
 
Then I looked at the gloriously gorgeous photo that had been taken using that lens.
 
One of the better wordless but appropriate answers I have

[Glenn]

In most cases you will find that lenses with cleanly cracked front elements, will produce very good images. Problems start to occur when you have 'flaking/chips' associated with the cracks - this can produce tremendous amounts of flare/distortion. T