Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clean your newer Leica M lenses with a soap and water solution containing a mild abrasive such as Bon Ami cleanser. Use a clean tea towel, scrubbing the front element slowly in a spiral motion. This will eliminate those annoying stray "cleaning marks" that devalue your lens and impart to your pictures the much sought-after and nostalgic "Leica glow" so valued by many. Craig "Who was Elmar Anyway?" Roberts Boston - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Campbell" <jkcampbell@mmm.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 11:39 AM Subject: [Leica] Lens Cleaning Process > > I would be interested in the process people use to clean their lenses. > What is the safest way to clean off dust, fingerprints (hey, it happens!) > and everything else that seems to find it's way on to the front element. > Even on my newer Leica lenses which I know have a modern hard coating I > feel like touching that piece of glass with any chemical, cloth or brush > is somekind of violation and the image quality will never be the same. > > J.K. (will use a teeshirt on my Nikon lens) Campbell