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Norm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 02:30 pm: | 
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Have been cleaning my deceased brother's camera collection. Went into a Meyer-Optik Telemegor1:5.5/400 to attempt to remove years of fungus growth. Removed the front lense and decided to try Ponds Cold Cream. Worked fine but required a lot of alcohol to get the Ponds residue. Decided the other lense would have to be cleaned inside the housing. Cut a twelve inch piece of 1/2 dowel. Folded a pad of roll towel, smeared on a small amount of Ponds and turned the pag against the lense by rolling the dowel between my palms. Worked fine, Did both sides. Cleaned up the mess and never lost a screw. Now at 80 that's an accomplishment. Norm |
Michael Linn
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 08:59 pm: |
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Good job Norm-
These old Meyer lenses are well built and worth cleaning up. I have several old restored (by me) Meyer Telemegors and try to use them once in a while. They are excellent performers. Is yours in black or natural aluminum and which mount is it?
Regards,
Mike |
Norm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 07:02 am: |
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Mike: I really don't know which mount. Lense is "black finish" There are five Soviet (Dresden)cameras - not cleaned; I developed fungus in my lungs and have put everything aside until things improve. Everything my brother had was coated in growing green???? Apparently I was an acceptable host. Norm |
Steve
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 08:39 am: |
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Norm, are you saying you have a fungus in your lungs and that you may have got it from working on these lenses? |
