Wamae24
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I have a Fisheye Fix G10 wide angle lens that I hav gotten a scratch/nick in the dome portion of the elns. Can the dome glass be repaired or replaced?
Fix G10 WA Lens Scratch
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CheddarChick
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Does the scratch show up on pictures? Sometimes you can get away with it underwater...
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Ouch....
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Yes it can ... I just had the dome on my UWL-04 lens replaced for $199. It took surprisingly little time, dropping it off at Optical Oceans and getting a call about three weeks later that it had been done and returned to them.
The question I have is whether it's a scratch or a gouge? Mine were gouges that were quite deep ... the result of getting tossed by some strong surge into a rock, lens-first.
If just scratches, you can polish them out using Novus Plastic Polish ... you can purchase a kit for about $15. It comes in three bottles, and you start with #3, then when the major scratches are gone, apply #2, and finish up with #1, which is more of a polish than an abrasive. Each is a liquid which you apply with a soft cloth. For major scratches, it might take an hour's worth of polishing to get them all out ... but the stuff does a pretty amazing job.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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