Effects of lens scratches

[Dazz1]

Have you seen this? http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2008/10/front-element-scratches

Amazing

[flashc]

I thought this was going to be a discussion about yes or no to dust and scratches, but the result was quite different...

[Boo53]

err, sugar, that's certainly dramatic.

[Dazz1]

Well, I think it puts things in perspective :)

[Bucky]

Arghhhh, that's not a scratch; it's a crash!!!! :eek: :(

Bucky

[mikew09]

Very interesting post. I found a very similar post on the web a couple of yrs ago where the guy start with a perfectly good lens and slowly destroyed it. Started with minor scratches which made no difference at all then work scratches and so on until he eventually ended up with a lens such as the one in this link. It blue me away how bad a scratch has to be on a lens before it started affected IQ. Good post