RE: [Leica] how to clean a lens

["Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>]

Well, if you, Ted and B.D. are all using your shirt tails with no ill
effects, then shirt tails it is!

Thanks for the reassurance, guys.  It's good to know the glass/coating is up
to it.

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
> Rabiner
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:10 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] how to clean a lens
> Importance: Low
>
>
> Dan Honemann wrote:
> >
> > Well, my post was as much in reply to the others (Ted and Mark, et.al.).
> >
> > I like the casual approach toward equipment--otherwise, the tools start
> > getting in the way of doing the job.  It makes sense to me to
> leave the lens
> > cap off for the most part, and to avoid using protective
> filters except in
> > extreme circumstances.
> >
> > On the other hand, if certain solvents (or no solvent at all)
> harm a lens
> > coating, while others do not, it only makes sense to protect one's
> > investment by employing the right method when maintaining it.
> >
> > That's why I'm curious as to just what the right way is.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> Well Ted uses his clean underwear, and I'll use a clean cotton shirt tail.
> And I breath hard on my lens before I clean it.
> And I check real hard to make sure the cloth is completely clean;
> grit free.
> (s*** free!)
> I have over 30 or 40 lenses now, many since the late 70's.
> Never hurt a coating on any of them. Certainly never scratched one.
> I'll tell you what I do do with them!
> I USE them!
> Mark Rabiner
> The hard way!
> But not before their time!