I do the same thing to my fishing rods. This grease makes the mounting go smother. Sounds very strange but a guy in a fish equipment shop gave me this advice.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21. mars 2006 15:19 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Cleaning of equipment > > Leon, > Interesting subject that can be helpful. > My helpful hint: After wiping down both the body and lens mounts with a > cloth, I rub each side of my nose and apply the nose grease to both > mounts. > Strange? > > Jack > > --- Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I've just been cleaning my equipment and I began to wonder how > > everyone > > else out there looks after their precious Pentax equipment. > > > > I tend to use my cameras on the coast and subject them to salt spray > > so > > I feel cleaning is important and I tend to clean all the equipment I > > have been using at the same time and adopt a staged approach. > > > > First stage is cleaning the outside of everything with a warm damp > > (not > > wet!) cotton based paper towel followed by immediately drying it off > > with a dry cotton based paper towel. These towels leave no lint or > > dust > > behind and are wonderful - they used them for hand drying in our > > local > > Qantas club. Lenses are left fully extended to ensure any residual > > moisture evaporates. > > > > Stage 2 is to clean all the mounts - body and lens with the same > > towels. > > > > Next comes cleaning the actual exposed optics. Filters, front > > elements > > if they have been exposed to the open air, all rear elements and > > viewfinders. First I use canned CO2 to blow away any loose dust, > > followed by a Lens pen brush (regularly replaced) and then microfiber > > > > (also regularly replaced). I use Eclipse and Pec Pads on anything > > stubborn. > > > > Finally the sensors using a sensor brush. I then test for stubborn > > dust > > and use a sensor swipe and Eclipse if need be. As an aside did you > > know > > that the *istD will not let you clean the sensor if the batteries are > > > > not reading full? It throws up a message saying that the batteries > > do > > not have enough power to clean the sensor. > > > > I once accidentally dipped the corner of my AF360FGZ flash in salt > > water > > and pulled it apart and cleaned every part inside the head to make > > sure > > there was no lasting damage. > > > > So what lengths do you go to to clean your camera when you take it > > places a good camera shouldn't go? > > > > -- > > Leon > > > > http://www.bluering.org.au > > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
