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Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result?

Started Dec 13, 2018 | Discussions thread
petrochemist Veteran Member • Posts: 3,619
Re: Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result?

Ben of the North wrote:

Anyone ever cracked a lens to see what would be the result? Or maybe a cracked lens filter... I wonder what would be the result.

I've cracked a lens filter, but it was just because the metal part had more value to me than yet another UV filter. Glass went straight in the bin.

I have seen images on line taken through smashed lenses - generally the results aren't anywhere near as bad as you'd expect.

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