[LargeFormat] Lens cleaning advice required

[philip lambert]

I blow the dust off with compressed air and spray the glass with a lens
cleaner (both from the camera store) and wipe the lens with a clean unused
tissue.  Edge delamination doesn't matter if you stop down unless it's
spreading. PL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Hubbard" <ghub005@xtra.co.nz>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:38 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Lens cleaning advice required


> Hi Lads
>
> I picked up a fairly cheap (around $360 USD including caps) Rodenstock
> Grandagon 90mm f6.8 from a local seller recently. Apart from some
> delamination around one of the internal elements it seems to be in a
fairly
> reasonable condition. I've shot some film through it and it seems to be in
> order.
>
> Homever there are some faint oil/grease marks on the glass that I'd like
to
> remove. I'm guessing they're probably fingerprint residues(?)
>
> Is there an easy way to remove this residue? I tried using an
off-the-shelf
> window cleaner but it left some streaking on the glass (removed with
> water). Any advice on "LF lens cleaning best practice" would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gavin
>
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