Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens cleaning - static?
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 10:25:33 -0500

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