Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, Stella, I know you get the only say, but how many times can I vote for Dory? Ric Carter On Feb 21, 2006, at 6:57 PM, Don Dory wrote: > OK Dante, > Lens cleaning methods I have used. > Go into a hardware store and "borrow" a painters rag and denatured > alcohol > to get some tree sap off my lens. > Likewise, use the lens cleaning display at a Wal-Mart in their > conveniently > located optical shops at the front of the store. > Use a polypropylene undershirt in a snow storm to wipe snow off the > lens. > Free air at a gas station to blow the dust off an eyepiece and front > element, I did check to make sure it wasn't blowing oil or water > first. > I will admit to using a fairly clean "beany baby" at my brothers > house to > clean a fingerprint off a lens. > Everyone has used a silk tie or scarf to clean a lens. > > But now I have learned and always carry some of the Zeiss lens > cleaning > packets that Wal-Mart sells for peanuts. Sealed so no matter how > bad the > conditions are, the alcohol and tissue start out clean. > > I want to know what Ted used to get the Bull**** off his Noctilux. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 2/20/06, Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net> wrote: >> >> >> Ok, I know your ego won't let you walk away from this one. >> >> >> Grand (and only) Prize: >> ------------------------------- >> One pound (454g) (or more) of my "extra stuff" (assorted camera >> accessories, mixed types, some a little unusual: Series VI, mini- >> pods, assorted 49mm and 52mm filters, caps, etc. - all leftover from >> cameras I once had but no longer own). Sure, there may only be one >> or two things you can use, but what the hell? You won a contest, >> right? >> >> So-called "Grand prize" available for shipping to U.S. and Canada >> addresses only. >> >> >> International Grand (and only) Prize >> ------------------------------------------------- >> If you live somewhere outside the United States (Europe, Asia) and >> you win, I will send you the list of "stuff" and you can select any >> two (2) items and I will airmail them to you. Believe me, if airmail >> postage was not so expensive, I would send you everything! >> >> >> Rules: >> --------- >> 1. Provide an account of the most unusual method you ever >> used to >> clean a camera lens or filter that successfully cleaned it and did >> not damage the glass or coating. Pictures are a plus but not >> required. >> >> 2. Entries are due by Friday, 24 February 2006 at 11:59 pm (EST; >> GMT-0500) >> >> 3. Most interesting technique (and thus the grand prize) will be >> determined entirely arbitrarily by me. During a Coca-cola and >> Nutella induced rage. Probably also between 2 and 3 in the morning. >> >> 4. You are granting permission to reprint your entries (using >> your >> initials only) on a page on dantestella.com. >> >> 5. Email entries to: >> >> contest at dante stella dot com (no spaces) >> >> Subject line does not matter. >> >> >> >> Good Luck!!! >> ____________ >> Dante Stella >> http://www.dantestella.com >> >> >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information