Re: [Leica] Re: lens cleaning...

[Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>]

I'm sure you've gone through the ordeal of getting something like dirt out 
of someone's eye (a crying child maybe). Do that with the lens, and be 
happy that there isn't all that blinking to contend with.

Jeffery

At 04:45 PM 7/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>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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