Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary, Let us know how it went with your Summar. If you need to get the front off it isn't too hard to do. WHen I took mine off, I think it just unscrewed along with the ring. Also, your quote from Hunter Thompson's son (below) tells me that you will very likely enjoy a visit to the following site: http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/ Scroll down and look at some of the links under "Hobbies and Other Interests" I think Hunter and Juan would both be very, very proud of the guy who did this. Gary Elshaw asked: >I have a 50 Summar which i believe has some fungus growing. I'd like to >take some more pictures with it, rather than cultivate them, and was >wondering if anyone has had experience removing and cleaning the front >element ? ....(.snip).. >Take care, >Gary >____________________________________________________________________ >"...at my engagement party a few years ago I shot with a 12 gauge shotgun >loaded with double O buckshot, dead center, a propane cannister >attached to a can of gasoline which made a spectacular fireball in >the night outside Owl Farm. I was proud, and I know he [Dad] was, too. " > -Hunter S Thompson's son, Juan >Gary Elshaw >Post-Grad Student >Victoria University >New Zealand >____________________________________________________________________