On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, John Hermanson wrote:
> Ponds cold cream, or almost any variation is excellant for cleaning
> lenses. Also, at N*k*n we used........face oil....that's right, with
> equivalent results. Rub finger on oily area of face, now rub into
> fungus infecte area of glass. Believe it or notttt.
In fact, that makes perfect sense. The face oil is a natural substance
that eliminates fungus or any other bacteria on the skin, naturally.
Similarly, ponds cold cream is also known to reduce the risk of skin
infection. They should really *kill* the bacteria - or whatever.
But, then, how do you clean the cream, or (er...) oil from the lens??
OMer
> Sometimes the hardest part (sometimes impossible) was to unscrew the
> from assembly from the body of the lens.
>
>
> John
>
> Olaf Greve wrote:
> >
> > Hi again all,
> >
> > After 6 weeks of absence from the list whilst working/travelling in Peru
> > respectively Venezuela, I am back in Amsterdam (at least for the time
> > being).
> >
> > A few weeks ago Brian Huber helped me to obtain a Zuiko 300/4.5 mm lens for
> > a very low price, however, he informed me the lens has a tiny bit of fungus
> > on the second element from the front (the lens is at my parents' house, and
> > I will see it tonight for the first time - exciting!).
> >
> > I remember that around the time I set sail to Peru there was some thread
> > going on about cleaning a 300 mm lens.
> >
> > My questions now are:
> > -Can anyone tell me if a little bit of fungus on the 2nd element will
> > negatively influence picture quality?
> > -Is it easy to clean such a lens myself (mind you: I've never taken a lens
> > apart so far) or should I have it done by a professional?
> > -Brian thought that John Hermanson said that Olympus techs use Ponds cold
> > cream to treat fungus, any word on that?
> > -Will the tiny bit of fungus easily be transformed into a major infestation
> > if it is left untreated (typical Dutch climate: cold and rainy)?
> > -Does anyone still have the messages (either in message form or digest
> > format) regarding the previous thread about how to clean that lens?
> >
> > If anyone can help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Ah, I can't wait until I get to shoot some film using that lens, it looks
> > like finally nature fotography has become a reality for me :)
> >
> > Cheers and hope to read many informative messages on the list.
> > Olaf
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