John,
Let me get this straight. My Bounce Grip can't be glued back together and you
tell us to use Pond's cold cream or (ick) face grease on our beloved Zuickos to
neutralize fungus? You're funnin' us, right? ;-)
Well, I am looking for a good deal on a replacement BG 2 or even just the handle
section. But in the meantime, I have a date with my buddy Don tomorrow (that's
him in one of my glider shots on the Unofficial Oly Gallery). Don has flown
everything from Chinooks to three-hole Falcons, and never scratched an airplane.
However, weekends at the RC model field, he crashes a lot. As a result, he
knows
more about gluing things back to gether than anyone I know. So we WILL try
gluing it back together. I'll let you know how it goes.
Gary Edwards
John Hermanson wrote:
> Ponds cold cream, or almost any variation is excellant for cleaning
> lenses. Also, at N*k*n we used........face oil....that's right, with
> equivalent results. Rub finger on oily area of face, now rub into
> fungus infecte area of glass. Believe it or notttt.
> Sometimes the hardest part (sometimes impossible) was to unscrew the
> from assembly from the body of the lens.
>
> John
>
> Olaf Greve wrote:
> >
> > Hi again all,
> >
> > After 6 weeks of absence from the list whilst working/travelling in Peru
> > respectively Venezuela, I am back in Amsterdam (at least for the time
> > being).
> >
> > A few weeks ago Brian Huber helped me to obtain a Zuiko 300/4.5 mm lens for
> > a very low price, however, he informed me the lens has a tiny bit of fungus
> > on the second element from the front (the lens is at my parents' house, and
> > I will see it tonight for the first time - exciting!).
> >
> > I remember that around the time I set sail to Peru there was some thread
> > going on about cleaning a 300 mm lens.
> >
> > My questions now are:
> > -Can anyone tell me if a little bit of fungus on the 2nd element will
> > negatively influence picture quality?
> > -Is it easy to clean such a lens myself (mind you: I've never taken a lens
> > apart so far) or should I have it done by a professional?
> > -Brian thought that John Hermanson said that Olympus techs use Ponds cold
> > cream to treat fungus, any word on that?
> > -Will the tiny bit of fungus easily be transformed into a major infestation
> > if it is left untreated (typical Dutch climate: cold and rainy)?
> > -Does anyone still have the messages (either in message form or digest
> > format) regarding the previous thread about how to clean that lens?
> >
> > If anyone can help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Ah, I can't wait until I get to shoot some film using that lens, it looks
> > like finally nature fotography has become a reality for me :)
> >
> > Cheers and hope to read many informative messages on the list.
> > Olaf
> >
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