Yes, I picked up the nose grease technique at Nikon in the mid 70s, it was
repeated by Olympus techs.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Doggre@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] window cleaning
| In a message dated 9/19/01 4:45:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
| clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
|
| > If you _can_ get either the front or rear lens groups out, my Japanese
sensi
| > (teacher) at Olympus taught me to rub nose grease into the fungus, then
| > clean with acetone. Never had a repeat problem in 20+ years....
|
| And the acetone doesn't take off the MC? Or do you use it gingerly and as
| little as possible? Is the MC pretty "durable"? Or is losing some or all
of
| it just part of the cost of getting rid of the fungus? Just curious.
|
| Rich (no I'm NOT contemplating opening any of my lenses -- shudder)
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