Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Damn! And here I've always thought he used his beard... ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mueller, > Rob > Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 5:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: lens chamois - AA used... > > > I have it on very good authority that AA used Jockey shorts > as his brand for > cleaning his Leica lenses. You can look it up or ask John Sexton. > > Rob Mueller > Studies in Black and White > www.studiesinblackandwhite.com > rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Grant [mailto:tedgrant@islandnet.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 9:48 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: lens chamois > > > Mike wrote: > > >OK concerning lens chamois: I've always been paranoid about > using the same > >thing twice to clean a lens.>>>> > > Hi Mike, > > I guess I should give you the "old Ted" cleaning cloth tip! :) > > This goes for any of you new folks who have not tried it. We > are always > talking about Leica glass, trust me it's much tougher than > most of you > give it credit. > > Some of you would "blanch white" with heart palpatations, > while watching > Leica technical people clean lens surfaces with good old fashion elbow > grease, heavy breathing on the glass and vigorously rubbing > the cloth round > and round very quickly. > > There is nothing like some "heavy breathing" on the lens and > rubbed with a > swatch of well worn, "well washed" bottom section cut from > your "seat made" > under shorts!:) Nice soft cotten! > > Been getting secondary use from well worn under shorts for > years and they > don't cost a penny, as they become a "Re-cycled commodity!" > Certainly after > you have created them into "lens cleaning cloth" due to the > hundreds of > times you have sat on them and ground them into soft lint proof lens > cleaning cloth. > > Why spend money for a chamois when your riding on the best cleaning > material you can find? Particularly when it's free! :) > > Laugh if you like, but it works and instead of throwing those > old under > shorts away, cut the ass part out and make the finest lens > cleaning cloth > you can find. And they are expendable. > > ted > > > > > > I know that the Inuit used to keep a single ptarmagan skin in > >the igloo to clean their dishes all winter, but this is a > lens for crying > >out loud! > > > Ted Grant > This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. > http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > >