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Is it possible to have a lens recoated??

Started Jun 27, 2005 | Discussions thread
TimothySchlauch Contributing Member • Posts: 588
I Agree but.....

Hello eveyone....

I agree it would cost to much to recoat them, it's would be much cheaper to put new glass in it.

But then my thoughts turn to, just how good are the coatings in the first place. And jsut how much can they take, before they get messed up. Many times we hear, pros never even clean their lenses. So they don't mess up the glass, but it would seem silly to me.

If the coatings was so easy messed up, then why would the makers go through all that trouble to put them on. And giving that any pro should know, how to clean glass and not mess them up in the first place.

So how good are the coatings on the glass, it would seem that cleaning 1000's of times the right way of course. Should never mess them up, and that keeping them clean can only help them. As long as you don't scratch them, when you clean them and use coating safe clearner on them.

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