Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:57 AM 3/9/00 -0500, you wrote: >What could this be? >I am using the Kodak cleaning fluid at the moment, and have dug up some old >silk underwear as recommended by Tina - however, it seems to me there is >static on the lens. I was out last evening for a walk in a conservation >area with my dogs, and saw some white dust on the lens when I looked at it >in the sunlight - when I tried to remove it with a hand blower, it would not >move, although if I wiped it gently with a finger, it came off. At home I >tried again to remove it with canned air, to no avail. Could the difficulty >in removing it be caused by static electricity ? if not, any suggestions. >Many thanks Hugh Thompson A little humidity will get rid of static cling. Breathe on the lens before you wipe it with the silk. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com