![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 balm, 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 balm, which is a kind of totally transparent](https://i.redd.it/wo1bguuirg061.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 balm, which is a kind of totally transparent
![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)