Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, the considerations are static electricity and lint. Most synthetic materials, and wool, tend to give static electricity. Once the lens is statically charged, it will attract dust. Cotton will shed lint. Dammed if you do and............ I vote for cotton, the soft type, woven for added cushion. Use two socks for added padding. If you want best protection from the above, and be really fashionable, the inner sock can be silk. If the toes and edges are sewn together, it will be easier to remove the lens without major glitches. Joe - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: [Leica] Lens protection > This is a serious question, I'm not being flippant. > > Someone a few days ago suggested putting lenses in socks when carrying them > around in a bag - this seems a very good (and cheap!) idea. What would be > the best material, wool, synthetic or cotton. What I'm really asking is > would one be more abrasive than the others, which would have the fewest > loose fibres? As I say I am being serious. > > Steve > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html