I'm sorry, I don't hate any of my lenses that much...
Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 24/04/07, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can only hope. ;) >> > > Lifted directly from a post I made re lens cleaning Nov 2000: > > In an except from the Leica Fotographie International magazine 6/99 page 37 > the following can be found: > > "The resistance and adhesive power of the outer layer is so good that there > is little likelihood of damage by environmental influences or persistent > cleaning on the part of the user. Numerous abrasion tests have been carried > out. There is one that uses a rubber eraser which contains up to 50% > pumice-stone grains. The standard test is to rub backwards and forwards 20 > times with a pressure of 1kg. Afterwards, no scratches should be visible on > the lens surface." > > Although this passage refers to Leica coatings and practices I would be quite > disappointed if the late Pentax coatings didn't exhibit the same wear > resistance. Anyone care to run the above test on a neglected piece of SMC > hardware? > > Cheers, > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net