Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/16

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Re: cleaning...
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:08:13 -0700
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010715220710.02be8a40@pop.alink.net>

Brenda's boss, Ernst Hartmann, uses hot moist breath and a chamois. And 
scrubs and scrubs and scrubs. The faint of heart daren't watch.

Jim


At 07:27 AM 7/16/01 -0400, Dan Honemann wrote:
> > At 10:51 PM 7/15/01 -0500, brad daly wrote:
> >according to the residual oil remover bottle, leica actually uses ROR.
> >i've used the stuff, and it seems great.
>
>Brenda Olesin was using RoR at last month's Leica Day here.  I believe she
>cuts it with water though.
>
>She _also_ uses a can of compressed air quite liberally.  This surprised me
>a bit.  I'll do so as well from time to time, but always keeping the can a
>good distance from the lens, and never using the little nozzle hose
>attachment.  Brenda was doing the opposite, which I'd always heard is a good
>way of forcing dust into the lens' internal elements.
>
>Dan

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