Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dan! Thanks a bunch for advice on cleaning off salt water from lens! BTW where's a good catalog or mail order place to buy the PEC-12 film emulsion cleaner?? To keep this Leica related, I hear the new swing-out Leica polarizer with an adjustable adapter for different lens diameter costs $325-$390 (a few weeks backordered at one L.A. store). One dealer says you really need the swing-out feature otherwise it's very cumbersome to deal with the unscrewing and screwing on the filter and keeping track of the positioning of the filter. I know I dont want to spend that much on this. I mean for the price of two filters, I could maybe buy a used M3 or M-lens!! I've seen Jim Brick's posting on buying 2 regular filters and placing one on the lens and the other spare to look through. To make things easier, how would you facilitate noting the orientation on the look-thru and making sure the orientation of the screwed-on filter is the same (without having to unscrew it and looking through that one too)? To paraphrase one Leica dealer, he asked if i really want to be fussing with all this before a shot. I would sooner forgo shooting under hazy conditions than spend $330. Would like a used older version (new costs $250), but was told it is unlikely to find one since the version prior to the current filter with adjustable adapter was not in production for 10 years and is hard to find. If you know of the older version (clip on, swing-out) for an E39 size, let me know!! STARR: Instead of downloading, I've accessed KCRW's (public radio) web site to scroll through the Starr Report. It's www.kcrw.org -- look under "white house". May stay tied to the PC all day to finish this! Meanwhile i also have the radio tuned in for side commentary. Cheers too! Bee Lian Dan Post wrote: > > B.L.- > > Well, the last time I was at the beach, I had the same problem. I wiped the > outsied of the lens down witha microfiber cloth dampened with water, rinsing > teh cloth a couple of times- I didn't notice any 'salt' spots on the black > portion of the lens, so I assume I got it off! The glass, I cleaned with a > clean damp microfiber cloth, then with lens cleaner. > For really tough greasy spots, a dab of PEC-12 film emulsion cleaner on > microfiber has come through for me. I also use it to get the greasy smudges > off my glasses, and to clean the eyelash smudges off the eyepiece! I figured > that if it will not hurt a delicate photographic emulsion, it won't hurt the > mineral coating on the lens-it hasn't so far, nor has it affected the > paint/anodizing, and I've used it for years. Use sparingly- better to clean > twice with too little than to use too much! > Cheers, > ( Gosh- the web is slow today! I guess everybody is trying to download the > Starr report!) > dwpost@msn.com