Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/25
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At 04:55 PM 25/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>But now I guess I need to add to the question. How do you remove fish guts
>from your camera. The ooze should leak under the shutter speed dial, under
>the f/stop ring, under the focus ring. And once there, you can't get it
>out! You'll have to send it to a repair person, who will savagely clean
>your equipment. Dilemma! What to protect? A cleanable lens element, or
>un-cleanable camera workings.
The fact is that pro users (journalism, commercial, industrial) work
in crappy situations (with Ted...LITERALLY!). Things have to be protected,
cleaned and/or repaired often.
A couple of weeks ago I spent 8 days at an oil refinery. I shot over
200 rolls of film. The cameras and glass had to be cleaned 3 or 4 time a day.
This is the reality of using cameras professionally. This is also why, as I
mentioned in another thread, why professionals usually budget a few thousand
dollars per year for equipment repair and replacement.
The Cleaning Kit?
WARNING: Don't read this if you are squeamish about such things.
Windex, alcohol, lint free cotton cloths, toothpicks, Q-Tips, Leatherman
Tool, portable compressed air with vacuum attachment.
If I didn't clean my lenses, I would not be able to see out of them by the
end of the day.
Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca>
St. John's, Newfoundland.
<http://www.straylight.ca/locke/>
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"I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography.
It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole.
Now, how much reality can there be in that?" -- David Hockney