Hi,
Thanks Julian & Peter for the suggestions. I was scared to hard
wash
it as I did not
want to get water in-between the filter mounts. You know that part that
has
the filter threads and the part you turn to vary the pol. effect. I
will
try out the suggestions. Thanks
PS.
The tripod is still on backorder, 3 weeks and waiting :(
Julian Loke wrote:
>
> On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 11:49 AM, Daniel Flather wrote:
> > I have a b+w polarizer filter that I use with my 100/2 and 24/2.8.
> > This is OT but the filter is dirty and no matter what I do I can not
> > seem to clean it. There seems to be a film of crap on it. Similar to
> > a oil
> > on water look. All I can accomplish is to smear it around. It happened
> > when I was in the Virgin Islands last winter. The problem is so bad my
> > images are suffering, as with negs shot with the filter I can't make
> > prints
> > that show the quality optics this lenses possesses. I've tried
> > cleaning it
> > with one of those micro fiber rags made for eye glasses. any ideas?,
> > (off
> > list maybe)
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> First, get a real microfibre cloth. Some of the "eyeglass" cloths are not
> made of microfibre, and are impregnated with a smelly anti-fog chemical.
> In any case, handwash your existing cloth in warm soapy water and drip
> dry thorougly (not in a clothes dryer).
>
> Try Windex Kitchen and Bathroom cleaner (the clear one, not the blue
> one).
>
> Cheers
> Julian Loke
> P.S. How is your new tripod?
Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote:
>
> Daniel Flather wrote:
> > I have a b+w polarizer filter that I use with my 100/2
> > and 24/2.8.
> > This is OT but the filter is dirty and no matter what I do I can not
> > seem
> > to clean it. There seems to be a film of crap on it.
> > Similar to a oil
> > on water look. All I can accomplish is to smear it around.
> > It happened
> > when
> > I was in the Virgin Islands last winter. The problem is so bad my
> > images are suffering,
> > as with negs shot with the filter I can't make prints that show the
> > quality
> > optics this lenses possesses. I've tried cleaning it with
> > one of those
> > micro fiber rags made for eye glasses. any ideas?, (off list maybe)
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Sure, get a bottle of denatured alcohol and use it to remove the oil
> with your cloth or lens tissue (I often use a cotton ball or Q-tip.
> Afterward remove any residue with a different (clean) microfiber cloth.
> Should work fine. You can also try Windex as ammonia should lossen the
> oil and a cloth to remove it. Neither will hurt the glass.
>
> Peter K
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