Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Karen Nakamura wrote: > It's a mylar film 20/1000 mm thick stretched onto a glass substrate. > It's *extremely* fragile. Even a light brush with a camel hair brush > can tear/scratch the mylar. Never try to clean the pellicle mirror > with anything, even compressed air (well, you should never used > compressed air inside a camera anyway). > > Karen Nakamura Thanks Karen, since I no longer have the RT I couldn't check, but I remembered it being glass but did not know the coating technique. I had the RT for almost 10 years and never had a problem. I would think with today's optical materials and coating technologies, the concept could be vastly improved upon. The new Swarovski di-electic coating are a significant improvement over previous methods. I am still searching for an answer to my question about the LEICA VISOFLEX that was converted to a Pellicle Mirror. Anyone have the reference to the camera mag (Pop or Modern Photography) write up? David - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html