Worse, they're probably not ground but just molded... an even cheaper
process.
Chuck Norcutt
Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Absolutely! Windex is fine for camera lenses, binoculars, etc., but DO NOT
> put it on scratch resistant glasses. It will remove the coating completely.
> I found this out the hard way years ago. I knew not to use it but was
> cleaning a piece of plate glass for something I was framing and accidentally
> got over-spray on my glasses. Just a tiny bit but each droplet left a pit in
> the coating.
> While on the topic of glasses; are they not the most over-priced thing on
> the market? I mean I can buy an iPod that has more computing power than that
> used for Apollo 11 to go to the moon for about $150. Yet my glasses made of
> two pieces of ground plastic/ glass (by a technique not much changed since
> Galileo was in the business) and some bent wire will run over $300. What
> gives?
>
> Charlie
>
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Such as Windex, referred to elsewhere this past couple of days?
>>
>> Piers
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Charles Geilfuss [mailto:charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 04 May 2010 16:32
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] I need new glasses - please - what is the best
>> lensmaterial these days?
>>
>> --snip
>>
>> Just be sure to stay away from cleaners with ammonia, it will take it right
>> off.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> --snip
>>
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