Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]you are like me ..very careful... I get the feeling from others that this is really not such a big concern .....Steve > I have never put a cleaning mark on a lens and I've had them for many > years. I try not to put any direct pressure on the surface of the lens at > all. If brushing the dust off is not enough, I roll up a lens paper, bend > it over into a "V", wet the two tips of the "V" with Zeiss or Kodak lens > cleaning fluid, and mop the debris away. If just using breath to dampen the > lens, I still make a mop out of the lens paper and try to avoid direct > pressure on the lens surface. Some folks recommend tearing the lens paper > to make a rough tip to the mop. > > I know, some of you will say that I'm being too careful, but 34 years > without a scratch or even a cleaning mark ain't nothin' to sneeze at. > > Jeffery > > At 02:57 PM 7/6/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >When I clean my Leica lenses /gently with a good cloth and lens cleaning > >solution... I am very careful.... remembering ominous comments about > >cleaning marks, lens scratches and potential for removal of "sensitive > >coatings"...; so my little question is, just how careful, is careful > >enough vs too careful?....just how risky is lens cleaning anyway? > > > >thanks, Steve > >-- > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html