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Steve T.
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 08:02 am: | 
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How do you clean the glass elements, so that they are dust-free for reassembly? |
rick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 06:15 pm: |
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If they have not been touched on the inside I just blow them off immediately before reassembly. If necessary I breathe on the glass and wipe it with a worn, clean old piece of cotton T-shirt fabric before blowing it off.
Use extra caution with any lens made in the 1940s to early 1950s and some as late as the 1960s; some of these have soft coating material on internal surfaces that is severely damaged by the lightest touch. If in doubt, don't touch it, just blow it off.... a little dust is much less of a problem than damaged coating. |
Arrrghhh
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 10:41 pm: |
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"Blowing it off" should be taken to mean the use of canned air. Otherwise, blowing on a lens will cause small drops of spittle to settle on the glass and create spots. |
booby trap
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 07:57 am: |
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Arrrghhh is right. The tiny drops of saliva will make an excellent dwelling resort for lens fungus. Blowing dust away is easy: use one of those dust blowers (micro tools has them).
By the way, why do you use a fake e-mail address, Arrrghhh (([email protected])??? |
Arrrghhh
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 02:14 pm: |
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Sorry, too much spam lately. |
Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 04:16 am: |
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You do not have to submit an email addres if you do not want to. I don't, as I get a lot of camera related spam later.
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