![Asahi Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Lens Haze with Balsam Separation Suspected, Repairing... - PentaxForums.com Asahi Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Lens Haze with Balsam Separation Suspected, Repairing... - PentaxForums.com](https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/363689d1500882413-asahi-pentax-m-50mm-f1-4-lens-haze-balsam-separation-suspected-repairing-img_20170722_112210.jpg)
Asahi Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Lens Haze with Balsam Separation Suspected, Repairing... - PentaxForums.com
![What am i looking at here? Is this balsam separation or haze or something else entirely? : r/AnalogCommunity What am i looking at here? Is this balsam separation or haze or something else entirely? : r/AnalogCommunity](https://i.redd.it/what-am-i-looking-at-here-is-this-balsam-separation-or-haze-v0-8wovir13vxsb1.jpg?width=2412&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d00d7629ba34c83095ae70b916b495979e59b882)
What am i looking at here? Is this balsam separation or haze or something else entirely? : r/AnalogCommunity
![This beautiful pattern i've found in a old Canon lens is a phenomenon called balsam separation. Some lens elements are glued together with canada balsam, which is a kind of totally transparent This beautiful pattern i've found in a old Canon lens is a phenomenon called balsam separation. Some lens elements are glued together with canada balsam, which is a kind of totally transparent](https://i.redd.it/p3spb0c85m061.jpg)
This beautiful pattern i've found in a old Canon lens is a phenomenon called balsam separation. Some lens elements are glued together with canada balsam, which is a kind of totally transparent
![Asahi Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Lens Haze with Balsam Separation Suspected, Repairing... - PentaxForums.com Asahi Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Lens Haze with Balsam Separation Suspected, Repairing... - PentaxForums.com](https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/363690d1500882413-asahi-pentax-m-50mm-f1-4-lens-haze-balsam-separation-suspected-repairing-img_20170722_112342.jpg)
Asahi Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Lens Haze with Balsam Separation Suspected, Repairing... - PentaxForums.com
![What am i looking at here? Is this balsam separation or haze or something else entirely? : r/AnalogCommunity What am i looking at here? Is this balsam separation or haze or something else entirely? : r/AnalogCommunity](https://i.redd.it/what-am-i-looking-at-here-is-this-balsam-separation-or-haze-v0-95k7eq13vxsb1.jpg?width=2076&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f02fa16265ba20d056d3981df9a19860ba37fdc5)