Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens cleaning - static?
From: "Hugh Thompson" <painfree@istar.ca>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:21:27 -0500

Tina - many thanks for your reply - so easy when you know how - Hugh

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From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens cleaning - static?


> At 09:57 AM 3/9/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >What could this be?
> >I am using the Kodak cleaning fluid at the moment, and have dug up some
old
> >silk underwear as recommended by Tina - however, it seems to me there is
> >static on the lens.  I was out last evening for a walk in a conservation
> >area with my dogs, and saw some white dust on the lens when I looked at
it
> >in the sunlight - when I tried to remove it with a hand blower, it would
not
> >move, although if I wiped it gently with a finger, it came off.  At home
I
> >tried again to remove it with canned air, to no avail.  Could the
difficulty
> >in removing it be caused by static electricity ? if not, any suggestions.
> >Many thanks Hugh Thompson
>
> A little humidity will get rid of static cling.  Breathe on the lens
before
> you wipe it with the silk.
>
> Tina
>
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
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