Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Oil on Mirror
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 23:20:12 -0700
 
The mirrors in SLR cameras are silvered on the front surface!! The coating
is very delicate and I would take to a repair shop and have them clean it.
They will probably be so grateful you did not try to clean it yourself, that
they will do it for free.

John Collier

> From: "Bob Gibson" <retail.shops@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> 
> Could someone suggest the best way to clean an oil mark off the mirror of a
> R8 with out damaging the mirror.
>