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[OM] Re: lens cleaning - sorry to bring this up again

Subject: [OM] Re: lens cleaning - sorry to bring this up again
From: "FAR-ALI" <farali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:00:35 -0400
On Eb*y occasionally I have read about "cleaning marks". How can you tell if 
a lens has these marks? How do you avoid them? I am interested in learning 
about this as well.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "swisspace" <swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:47 AM
Subject: [OM] lens cleaning - sorry to bring this up again


>I searched the archives and found a discussion on this, but just want to
> confirm my findings.
>
> I recently bought a 90f2 on thingybay for a reasonable price not a fang
> (hope thats the right word) any way the glass is good but I wanted to
> clean the dust off. I have some offical olympus lens cleaning tissues
> bought at a flea market but when I went to buy some kodak lens cleaning
> fluid the shop assistant recommended that I didn't use it.
>
> I understand about not overcleaning, once its clean a UV filter goes on
> the front and its left alone but to get it clean I would think a liquid
> of some sort would lubricate the tissue and therefore be less likely to
> scratch.
>
> I read the discussion in the archives that some use denatured alchohol
> and some prefer acetone. my question is what is wrong with the lens
> cleaner in the shop and should I avoid it like the plauge or was the
> shop assistant wrong.
>
> thanks IanW
>
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