You may have to wipe a miror 10-20 times before you get all the haze off.
John
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From: Doug Cooper <visigoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 2:24 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Denatured Alcohol and Mirrors
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> I have tried John Hermanson's advice -- got denatured alcohol at the
> hardware store. It has, as far as I can tell, nothing in it but methyl
> alcohol and ethyl alcohol. And *yet*, even it leaves a purplish residue.
> I think I'm going to take this mirror in to be professionally cleaned.
> (Not that you can see this residue in the viewfinder, but I'm worried it
> will alter the meter's reading, no?)
>
> Another question: my 24/2.8 has what looks to be a sliver of something
> foreign *beneath the surface* of the rear element -- possibly even cast in
> the glass itself. Should I worry about this, or is it just one of those
> anomalies that has no effect on the picture?
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> Doug Cooper
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