Considering that denatured alcohol, acetone, facial oil and a host of
other things are commonly used by manufacturers to clean lenses, Windex
is just fine.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
John Hudson wrote:
> WINDEX ............... on a camera lens !
>
> Tell me that you wouldn't do that !
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:42 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: focus and ? about lens filters
>
>
>
>>I never wipe a dry optical surface. After blowing off whatever is loose
>>I use multiple cotton swabs which are fairly well saturated with alcohol
>>or Windex to gently loosen and pick up the fine grit. The particles may
>>look like flour but on a microscopic/optical scale they're rough
>>boulders. Just don't use so much liquid that it starts flowing into the
>>lens cell.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
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