Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-22 Thread John Francis
Andre Langevin mused: > > Acetone is the best glass cleaner you can find. Not quite - there's a couple of things I'd try if there were things acetone couldn't remove (MEK, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, would probably be the first). But acetone should get off just about any kind of oily residue, which is

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-21 Thread Alan Chan
--- Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Acetone is the best glass cleaner you can find. To clean cemented > elements (a doublet for example), it is recommended to dilute the > acetone with water 1:1. This recomendation may be true only for the > old lenses that used Canada balsam as a

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-21 Thread Andre Langevin
Try acetone if you can make sure it stays away from any plastic surfaces (including plastic elements). Best agent I have ever used. Alan Chan Acetone is the best glass cleaner you can find. To clean cemented elements (a doublet for example), it is recommended to dilute the acetone with water 1

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-21 Thread Alan Chan
--- Andre Langevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can gunk (for lack of a better term) be cleaned off lens elements > >without harming the coatings? > > Yes. The SMC coatings (maybe others also) are harder than the glass > underneath! Try acetone if you can make sure it stays away from any plas

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-21 Thread Andre Langevin
Can gunk (for lack of a better term) be cleaned off lens elements without harming the coatings? Joe Yes. The SMC coatings (maybe others also) are harder than the glass underneath! Andre

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:44:23 -0600, Joseph Tainter wrote: > the stuff gives off gas that deposits as a residue. I'm sure you know this Joe, but for everyone else: If you can smell it, it's outgassing, and it might very well be leaving a residue behind. Even if you can't smell it, it might be ou

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-12 Thread Joseph Tainter
Earlier today I discombobulated: "Today I received my second F* 300 f4.5 from an eBay auction. It is a gorgeous lens. Cosmetically and mechanically it is close to pristine. KEH would grade it no lower than LN-, and perhaps even LN. Then I looked through the lens toward a strong light and saw tha

Re: Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
John Van Stelton Focal Point, Inc (303) 665-6640 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.focalpointlens.com/ 1017 South Boulder Road, Suite E-2 Louisville CO 80027 USA If anyone can overhaul and clean your lens, John can. Godfrey On Apr 12, 2005, at 1:26 PM, jtainter wrote: About a month ago I bought an

Cleaning Lens Elements

2005-04-12 Thread jtainter
About a month ago I bought an F* 300 f4.5 from eBay. It proved to be badly damaged. I sent it back and got my money refunded. Today I received my second F* 300 f4.5 from an eBay auction. It is a gorgeous lens. Cosmetically and mechanically it is close to pristine. KEH would grade it no lower th