Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a few things to say about the 21mm black plastic finders. (1) they *look* cheap, but (2) they *are* expensive, and (3) dust builds up on the inside of their main lens element (in mine at least). Apparently there is sufficient space between the lens element and the plastic housing to let dust in. It's not that dust specks irritate me, but after about a year of use the finder has become difficult to use because of stray light created by an increasing amount of dust. Thus, due to (1) I have the urge to break the thing open to clean it but (2) has prevented me from doing it so far. Has any of you experience (or suggestions) with regard to cleaning the inside of these finders? Of course, I can leave it the way it is, but sooner or later the dust will start irritating me... - -- Arne | Arne Helme (arne@acm.org) "We are all in the gutter, but some of us | | http://www.huygens.org/~arne are looking at the stars" - Oscar Wilde | | PHONE: +31-53-4894178, FAX: +31-53-4894590, HOME: +31-53-4309352 | | Informatica/SPA, Univ. Twente, Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands |