Re: any ideas how lens broke?

Posted by EricMarino on
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Same happened to my TIRF 100x 1.46 lens. I do not have a clue how it happened. Zeiss charged $1,500 to fix it.


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On Jul 17, 2014, at 4:27 PM, Cammer, Michael <[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:

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We have a Zeiss 63X N.A. 1.4 lens that broke.  The top lens element appears to have collapsed into the barrel and the top is no longer retractable.

Pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcammer/14492412879/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcammer/14492418378/

Any idea why this would have happened and if reparable.

Thank you!!


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