Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Chefurka wrote: > On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 07:06:05 -0800, Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com> > wrote: > > >At 05:03 AM 11/20/99 -0800, Roy Feldman wrote: > >>On the Contax SLR list a interesting thread: One person asked the best way > >>to clean a lens, Bob Shell of Shudderbug answered that he heard at Leica > >>they use chamois, then Henry Posner of B&H corrected him stating that > >>Leica used virgin peacock tongue. > >>Erwin- Marc- can I get a part number? > > > >Chamois? A dead one, or a live one? Any of you European LUGnuts go chamois > >hunting for len-cleaning cloths? > > You can do that in Switzerland, but the rules say you can only use a > .22 and one bullet... > Hi, I use to hunt Chamois in Switzerland. The rules depend on the state (canton) in the country. In the state where I hunt, in the Valais (where the Matterhorn is), the minimal diameter for hunting is 7mm and this is true that we can only use rifle with one bullet capacity. I use chamois skin to clean my binoculars but prefer special clothes for my lenses. regards, Xavier