Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Art, There is a Leica Repair book (i can not remember the exact title) available at Barnes & Noble and Borders that is pretty comprehensive about repairing Leica cameras where the author recommends lighter fluid (yes as in cigarette) for lens cleaning. I did not try to clean a lens with it but I did put some on a old cotten t-shirt and cleaned the body and it brought it up so that my old black M2 looks brand new. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: Arthur Leyenberger <larthurl@yahoo.com> >To: Leica Users Group <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: [Leica] OT Hasselblad Mirror Cleaning >Date: Tue, Jan 11, 2000, 4:52 PM > >This is sort of a half-on and half-off topic post. >And no half-a** replies please ;) >I'm selling "spare" cameras in order to (finally) buy >an M6. I need and M6 to put on the back of a bunch of >lenses I recently bought (but that's another story)! >One of the ones I plan to sell is a Hasselblad that is >in rather nice condition except for some spotting on >the mirror. What's the best thing to use to clean the >mirror? >A q-tip maybe and ????? >thanks. >.....Art >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com >