Hydrology Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Recently grabbed an Aussie MKII from yorac (thanks again) and am in the final stages of room renovation, so its time to get serious and make some lasting decisions. Anyway, I think the lens looks a bit hazy, probably due to some of the packing material. Anyway, it needs a good clean, and was wondering what you CIH and lens users use to clean these things/ And also, how easy is it to put back together (PROPERLY) if you take it apart to clean to individual prisms?
phreek Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Haze on glass parts can happen from vinyl and other plastics that house the glass... you see this on windscreen insides that haze from the dashboard. It's even worse with high heat environments... There can also be other reasons... like cigarette smoke, oil vapour haze from cooking if it's near a kitchen... Clean it with methanol... best stuff for lens cleaning.
FallenStorm Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I've not got a set-up as you describe, but I'd head down to your local photography store. Ask them about lens cleaning equipment as they normally have a huge range. There are some polishing 'pens', I'd avoid those. If it were me I'd go with some methanol as phreek suggests, but spend a few bucks on a quality lens cleaning cloth. But, before I'd touch it, I'd just check if its ok to do with the maker of them.
Foggy Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) MarkH, I've asked MarkT the same question before.... and he recommended.... the Big Fat Greek Answer .... WINDEX!! It should be ok on the Aussiemorphic II because there is no optical coating. Edited June 29, 2008 by Foggy
Guest Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 MarkH, I've asked MarkT the same question before.... and he recommended.... the Big Fat Greek Answer .... WINDEX!!It should be ok on the Aussiemorphic II because there is no optical coating. I thought the MkII lenses were coated? Curious
Hydrology Posted June 29, 2008 Author Posted June 29, 2008 I thought the MkII lenses were coated?Curious So did I? Dont think Mark's been on the forum since last week.
Foggy Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Oops, you're right! I got a bit confused between my MkI's, the MkII's, and the forthcoming MkIII's..... aaaargh, there's too many Mark's in this thread
CAVX Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Hi guys, Yes windex is fine so long as the cloth you use is soft and does not scratch as you do not want to scratch off the optic coating on the MKII prims. The coating tneds to give the prisms a green look when turned into the light... Mark
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