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[OM] Re: focus and ? about lens filters

Subject: [OM] Re: focus and ? about lens filters
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:39:01 -0500
I don't use toilet tissue but I forgot to add that I do use a small 
piece of soft facial tissue, roll it into a tight cylinder and then 
twist it until it breaks in half.  The broken ends make nice lens 
polishers.  Cleans off any haze or film that might be left by the liquids.

Chuck Norcutt


Garth Wood wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I've been cleaning lenses with Windex for many, many years.  Recommended 
>> by Thomas Tomosy, author of many books on camera repair.  I usually use 
>> just alcohol but sometimes Windex followed with alcohol.  My lens 
>> coatings haven't disintegrated yet.  Lens coatings are actually pretty 
>> tough stuff.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> John Hudson wrote:
>>> WINDEX ............... on a camera lens !
>>>
>>> Tell me that you wouldn't do that !
> 
> 
> Actually, John, I also clean my lenses (and filters) with Windex.  I 
> first used Windex about fifteen years ago, to save a bunch of filters 
> that were in the early stages of fungus creep (they'd been stored in a 
> damp basement without any special protection for about five years...).
> 
> Worked a charm.  Also used plain ol' scratchy toilet paper, recommended 
> by another gent who was once the editor of one of the fancy-schmancy 
> photo mags (can't recall his name right now).  Follow it up with a 
> breath of humid air from the mouth, clean off any residue from the 
> Windex, then a puff from canned air to remove remaining bits of the 
> toilet paper.
> 
> Sparkling clean!  Most of my photo-taking friends started asking me if 
> I'd clean their glass for them, 'cause they couldn't get their lenses 
> anywhere near as clean as I did.  8^>
> 
> 
> Garth
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