Re: [Leica] Lens Cleaning

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>]

john wrote:
>> > ted
> Which side do you use on the glass, the brown side or the yellow?<<<<<<<

Sorry mate,

Mine are always snow white! ;-)
ted
 
> Ted Grant wrote:
> >
> > Cleaning lenses.  Hey no big deal.
> >
> > Hi Gang,
> > The old timers around here have probably been waiting for the usual lens
> > cleaning lesson from the old fart! ;-)
> >
> > As has been noted in several posts, it seems a bunch of you lads have
> > got your tails in a twitch about cleaning Leica glass, hell the only
> > thing you haven't mentioned  yet is gasoline and burning it clean! ;-)
> >
> > This cleaning thing is such a no brainer I'm always surprised how many
> > go through such turmoil over using a little spit & polish or heavy
> > breathing, a shirt tail or well worn under shorts technique.
> >
> > For the new folks: :-)
> >
> > You have been creating the finest lens cleaning cloth every time you sit
> > on your under shorts! Sure better than those expensive impregnated
> > cleaning cloths.  There isn't anything softer or with better cleaning
> > capabilities than a good bit of heavy breathing on the lens surface and
> > a gentle circular rubbing with a piece of well worn under shorts.
> >
> > I bet you just been throwing out the "worn soft"  worlds greatest under
> > short cleaning clothes all these years without giving it a thought.   So
> > from now on here's the plan:
> >
> > Cut the largest piece of the under short left, fold it up, put in small
> > freezer bag to keep it clean and put it in your camera equipment bag,
> > from then on anytime you need to clean the lens, blow off anything extra
> > lying around on the surface, no don't go and buy them airgun things,
> > waste of money what the hell do you think a full set of lungs are for!
> >
> > Blow stuff off, breathe hard with your hot breath on glass and gently
> > rub!  Clean as a whistle!  And apart from buying the original
> > undershorts you have used a "no cost" cleaning cloth!  Now isn't that simple?
> >
> > Now you young lads don't come back to me with all kinds of mamby pamby
> > scratch lens stuff and whining, it don't happen if you follow the old
> > fart's instructions correctly!  Been using this method for more years
> > than most of you have been on planet earth or using Leica. Yep and my
> > lenses are sparkly clean all the time.  Well Ok sometimes! ;-)
> >
> > Now enough already.  All together now, under shorts off, oops!  I mean,
> > clean just washed undershorts, cut out sit upon side, breath hard on
> > glass, rub and clean. If it still looks grungie, breathe again, rub again.
> >
> > For the timid in the crowd may I suggest watching Leica techs cleaning a
> > lens and you'd go into cardiac arrest! Yep sometimes it's, breath hard
> > and rub.  And I mean rub hard!
> >
> > So relax, the money you just saved by not buying them airgun and
> > impregnated cloth things, buy film, go take pictures. Have a clean lens.
> > :-) And for heaven sake have fun!  :-)
> >
> John Shick :-)