Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK Dante, Lens cleaning methods I have used. Go into a hardware store and "borrow" a painters rag and denatured alcohol to get some tree sap off my lens. Likewise, use the lens cleaning display at a Wal-Mart in their conveniently located optical shops at the front of the store. Use a polypropylene undershirt in a snow storm to wipe snow off the lens. Free air at a gas station to blow the dust off an eyepiece and front element, I did check to make sure it wasn't blowing oil or water first. I will admit to using a fairly clean "beany baby" at my brothers house to clean a fingerprint off a lens. Everyone has used a silk tie or scarf to clean a lens. But now I have learned and always carry some of the Zeiss lens cleaning packets that Wal-Mart sells for peanuts. Sealed so no matter how bad the conditions are, the alcohol and tissue start out clean. I want to know what Ted used to get the Bull**** off his Noctilux. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 2/20/06, Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net> wrote: > > > Ok, I know your ego won't let you walk away from this one. > > > Grand (and only) Prize: > ------------------------------- > One pound (454g) (or more) of my "extra stuff" (assorted camera > accessories, mixed types, some a little unusual: Series VI, mini- > pods, assorted 49mm and 52mm filters, caps, etc. - all leftover from > cameras I once had but no longer own). Sure, there may only be one > or two things you can use, but what the hell? You won a contest, right? > > So-called "Grand prize" available for shipping to U.S. and Canada > addresses only. > > > International Grand (and only) Prize > ------------------------------------------------- > If you live somewhere outside the United States (Europe, Asia) and > you win, I will send you the list of "stuff" and you can select any > two (2) items and I will airmail them to you. Believe me, if airmail > postage was not so expensive, I would send you everything! > > > Rules: > --------- > 1. Provide an account of the most unusual method you ever used to > clean a camera lens or filter that successfully cleaned it and did > not damage the glass or coating. Pictures are a plus but not required. > > 2. Entries are due by Friday, 24 February 2006 at 11:59 pm (EST; > GMT-0500) > > 3. Most interesting technique (and thus the grand prize) will be > determined entirely arbitrarily by me. During a Coca-cola and > Nutella induced rage. Probably also between 2 and 3 in the morning. > > 4. You are granting permission to reprint your entries (using your > initials only) on a page on dantestella.com. > > 5. Email entries to: > > contest at dante stella dot com (no spaces) > > Subject line does not matter. > > > > Good Luck!!! > ____________ > Dante Stella > http://www.dantestella.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >