Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have in recent years always used one of those handy little lens cloths. I carry it all the time and also use it for my glasses. I was never adverse to using my shirt as long as it was 100% cotton (being taught many years ago that cotton was OK anything else, especially synthetics, was too hard). Anyway on a recent trip I lost my lens cloth and while in a mall dropped into one of those mini-photo retailers (Wolf, Ritz??) and picked up a new cloth. Guess what! The cleaning cloths are made from poly-esther. Old Leisure suits make a come back. I also think the new lens coatings are very very hard. Unlike my coated eyeglasses were you can wipe it right off. - -----Original Message----- From: Ken Wilcox [mailto:wilcox@tir.com] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 8:45 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] RE: how to clean a lens Dan: I think that you will find that Leica's modern lenses have VERY hard coating. I wipe the modern ones with whatever is handy and haven't managed to mar one yet. This includes that some rather hard rubbing to remove nasty stuff. One my pre-70s lenses I try to be a little more careful but I've never marred one of them either. They are tough! Don't sweat it. Ken Wilcox At 8:52 -0400 7/24/0, a fine scholar, Dan Honemann wrote: >!!! Man, you just made my sides ache. > >Seriously, I remember reading something or other about the multi-coated >surface where you're not supposed to just blow on the lens or rub any ol' >thing on it. Not true? I'd hate to destory a thousand dollar lens because >I carelessly wiped my shi*t tail on it. :) > >Dan > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen >> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:11 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: RE: [Leica] how to clean a lens >> Importance: Low >> >> >> That s---t tail was an honest-to-God typo...Honest..To God! B.D. >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark >> > Rabiner >> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 4:58 PM >> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] how to clean a lens >> > >> > >> > "B. D. Colen" wrote: >> > > >> > > What is all this nonsense about how to clean a lens....Blow on >> > it. Spit on >> > > it. Pull out your shit tail. Give it a good scrubbing. Go take >> > photos. :-) >> > > B. D. >> > > >> > I use my; oops you lift out the r.! shirt tail, but only if there >> > is no (never mind). >> > >> > I love the reactions i get from visiting LUGnuts when I clean my >> > lenes this way >> > right in front of them! >> > Mark Rabiner >> > railroad crossing look out for the cars, spell IT with out any "r"s. >> > - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>