[Leica] Re: Cleaning salt water spray off lens / Was To POOF or not to POOF your camera

[jackson105@juno.com]

You might want to check ebay.com.  You may find one for sale for a much
lower price than $250.00.
Fred
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:02:56 -0700 "Ron K. Miller"
<rkmiller001@earthlink.net> writes:
>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
>

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