yeah, you shouldn't clean the plastic focusing screen with solvents. I should have mentioned that. I meant the glass itself.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/27/2013 11:42 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: >> >> I would try some methanol (eclipse, sensor cleaner, etc) or failing >> that alcohol. The optics could be fogged internally though... :/ > > I'd be cautious with any potential solvent. I once tried to clean the ground > "glass" focusing screen on a PZ series camera with isoproanol and learned it > was actually some sort of plastic - and it instantly fogged when exposed to > alcohol. It went straight to Pentax repair for a new focusing screen. I had > clear actual ground glass on manual focus (LX, MX, ME's) before with no > problem, so I thought nothing of it. I know this is a finder and not a > focusing screen but be sure it is actual glass before using a solvent. > > Mark > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
