Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At the risk of being hung by my thumbs---- Lick it and wipe it off with a piece of chamois or well used cotton cloth. BTW-this method was recommended to me by a Leica rep, and it works great! Cheers! kw >To the Leica Users Group > >The Following is a message from a friend, I am reproducing it here, I will >forward him any answer. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >---------------------------------------------------------- > >Last Saturday the son of a close friend of mine, put his little finger on >the back element of my 35 Summilux AHSP, when I realized that I tried to >remove it with a dry microfiber cloth (according to the Leica >instructions), but what happened was that the print wasn=B4t cleaned at all= , >instead, the dirt was all over the back lens, since this is the first time >it happens to me, I decided leaving it like that and ask for advice, my >question is : > >How could I remove that dirt without removing (or scratching) the coating o= f >the back element ? > >>From that problem a big question is arising now, How hard is the coating, >and the glass, of Leica Lenses ?, I know there are lenses like the 19mm >f/2.8 R that uses back mounted filters, and many Leica users don=B4t like >using front filters, in that case a lens should be cleaned quite often. > >Andres >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >Thanks in advance, > >Jorge Saravia - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LHSA, MEA, LAW preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>= =20