> Daniel Flather wrote: > 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 :(
Hi Daniel, When cleaning ANY of your EOS gear, do not put cleaning chemicals directly on the optics. Instead, put some on one part of the microfibre cloth, and apply it to the glass. Then use another part of the cloth to dry the glass. A CPOL or POL filter is made of a glass/plastic/glass sandwich. NEVER soak such a filter as you can cause severe damage if liquid seeps into the middle layer. The beachtowel idea is a new one. I use a large (30cm x 40cm) microfibre cloth for the EF 100-400 IS USM. Then again, there have been "strange" cleaning devices described for EOS and Nikon gear, as previously mentioned on this list: http://cameraquest.com/lenscln.htm Cheers Julian Loke P.S. Daniel, please contact me off list about a used tripod I am selling. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
