Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina - many thanks for your reply - so easy when you know how - Hugh - ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > > >