Just be careful of not stripping off the MC's...
I'm weary of harsh chemicals myself... Just be careful, and I'd probably do
something like call up a camera repair shop, and asking them what they
generally use as a chemical to clean the lenses..
Albert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:11 AM
Subject: [OM] Cleaning lenses
> Hello folks,
>
> Can I ask for a bit of advice? (of course)
>
> I just got a lens back from having fungus removed - as much as he could
get
> at. The lens is a Mamiya Press 100mm, and the front element is screwed on
> very tight.
>
> The rear lens element lives in a huge cavern surrounded by helicoid
threads
> etc.. I noticed that the outside surface is covered in a kind of oily film
that
> you don't see by looking at the lens surface with reflected light, but if
the
> lens is opened up and a light shines through, it is very obvious.
>
> I tried removing this by huffing on the element and wiping with Oly lens
> paper, but that really didn't work. The muck just spread around a bit
more. It
> needs an organic solvent. It's go to go - it surely acts like a
soft-filter and I
> don't want that. The 100 has a reputation of being a sharp lens and that's
> why I bought it - to yield sharp images.
>
> I wonder if the iso-propanol that is used for cleaning tape recorder and
video
> heads would do the job without damaging the lens. I think it should - but
am I
> correct?
>
> Brian
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