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Subject: [Leica] Contest: most unusual lens cleaning technique
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Feb 21 16:18:10 2006
References: <0176CE3D-641C-4D49-8189-C8E0BB46252B@ameritech.net> <9b678e0602211557h54348670ue14e1c84df44fdba@mail.gmail.com>

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
>>
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