Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Hasselblad Mirror Cleaning
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:14:40 -0500

The trick of rolling the lens tissue like a cigarette and tearing it in half
works on mirrors too.  I wouldn't know what fluid to use since the wrong
solvent might damage the silvering.  Try just breathing on it.

Mike D

- -----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Leyenberger <larthurl@yahoo.com>
To: Leica Users Group <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 4:09 PM
Subject: [Leica] OT Hasselblad Mirror Cleaning


>This is sort of a half-on and half-off topic post.
>And no half-a** replies please ;)
>I'm selling "spare" cameras in order to (finally) buy
>an M6. I need and M6 to put on the back of a bunch of
>lenses I recently bought (but that's another story)!
>One of the ones I plan to sell is a Hasselblad that is
>in rather nice condition except for some spotting on
>the mirror. What's the best thing to use to clean the
>mirror?
>A q-tip maybe and ?????
>thanks.
>.....Art
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