Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: lens cleaning...
From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 16:45:29 -0700
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020706180550.00b1b5a0@pop.runbox.com>

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
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