Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know, and you know, I shouldn't respond to this kind of, pardon me, bull shit! Of the many leica's I've used over at east 45 plus years, I used 3 M6's for 15 years, like close to daily on working assignments all over the world before switching to 3 M 7's and they never had a hint of Vaseline. Let alone any of them had any kind of servicing! Now I bet that's a hell of a surprise for some of you who think the camera should go for a CLA every year or so! And in those years each camera would've had more film through them than most of you would do in a lifetime! Having said that. If one is going to use Vaseline inrelation to photography, do a smear on a UV filter, very slightly and shoot through it for an interesting or whatever effect you want to try. Damn nice some times. ;-) But never ever use Vaseline or any other kind of grease or oil directly to the camera or lens! Period! But screwing around with Vaseline on a lens or body or any other working part of a Leica is shear bloody lunacy!.Any idiot playing with "grease and a leica" should be drawn and quartered! For those of you who think there's some merit in this why don't you use your intelligence and send the camera or lens for skilled technical servicing. Playing with it yourself is like playing with some kind of time bomb you have absolutely no idea what yer messing with. And that goes for all the lunatic fringe who tell you a tiny smidgin here or there is OK! As I said at the beginning... "it's bull shit!' Send the camera, lens or whatever to a skilled technician! Damn the meds don't work everyday! :-( An angry old man by number! :-( My apologies if I've offended.:-( ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Smith" <wrs111445@yahoo.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:45 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Vaseline & Leica, a good combination? >I wouldn't use Vaseline as it melts under rather low temperatures. I would >use some modern lubricant as sold by microtools. > > Tom Schofield <leicaluvr@comcast.net> wrote:What happened to nose grease > as the LUG approved lens mount lubricant? > Wasn't it Ted that first advocated its use? > Tom Schofield > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+leicaluvr=comcast.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+leicaluvr=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G > Medina > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:47 AM > To: lug > Subject: [Leica] Vaseline & Leica, a good combination? > > Andrew Nemeth writes: > > "Occasionally a tiny smear of Vaseline on the detent > knobs at the rear of the lens barrel cylinder will > help keep the mechanism smooth and reliable for > hundreds of clicks." > > My question is does anyone do this periodically, and > how does one know when one should bring out the > vaseline? I've also heard a reference to vaseline in > the a Leica M book that came out recently. In the book > the author was making a reference to using vaseline on > the lens mount. I wonder if regular house hold > vaseline is adequate? > > Thanks for your comments. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > --------------------------------- > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >