The answer was on the tip of my tongue

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So I scored a Bessa 1 6x9 folder at a local estate sale, but it looked like the 105 f/3.5 Voigtar lens was scuffed. I was considering what I would need to clean it, something soft and... Moist. So, dear reader, I licked it. Cleaned up perfectly and I am now in a coffee shop cleaning off my tongue.

David
 
LOL, I assume you are not in the germ kill obsessed USA:rolleyes:.
Just breathing on the lens and using a micro fiber cloth might have been the better idea.
 
So long, sucker...

Seriously, well done.

The soft, moist bodily alternatives hardly bear thinking about.

Or is this whole thread just taking the piss?

Cheers,

R.
 
Roger Hicks said:
So long, sucker...

Seriously, well done.

The soft, moist bodily alternatives hardly bear thinking about.

Or is this whole thread just taking the piss?
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It's his bloody camera and he can do whatever he wants with it. :cool:

Also, +1 for "best thread ever".
 
someonenameddavid said:
So I scored a Bessa 1 6x9 folder at a local estate sale, but it looked like the 105 f/3.5 Voigtar lens was scuffed. I was considering what I would need to clean it, something soft and... Moist. So, dear reader, I licked it. Cleaned up perfectly and I am now in a coffee shop cleaning off my tongue.

David
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Its odd to hear a Bessa 1 with Voigtar, Bessa 1 (which is a post war 1950 chrome top bessa) was equipped with either color Skopar or Vaskar. pre war (black non RF) Bessa's models were equipped with Voigtar as an option


so how did the rest of the camera taste, ....er i mean clean up :D
 
Well Done!

. . . . . could you possibly create a video and demonstrate the technique? Nothing like a good how to thread.


If not how about posting a photograph of the Bessa.
 
Next up: Distinguishing lenses by taste.

1950's Leica lenses have a somewhat earthy, glowy taste. Modern lenses have a sharper, more biting taste. Russian lenses are an acquired taste. And then there are the connoisseurs, who debate whether the best Angénieux vintage is a 1950 35/f2.5 or rather a 1957 24/f3.5, or even a 1982 180/f2.3.
 
Welp ... after years of reading about *camera porn* and obsessive *fondling* of this RF or that, I think we've progressed to a whole new level. And if my wife catches wind of this behavior, I'll be barred from RFF indefinitely.




But I certainly appreciate a man who do what he gotta do to get the shot. *salutes*
 
Glad that you came here to 'mouth off' about it! :p

+1 for best thread ever. :D
 
chippy said:
Its odd to hear a Bessa 1 with Voigtar, Bessa 1 (which is a post war 1950 chrome top bessa) was equipped with either color Skopar or Vaskar. pre war (black non RF) Bessa's models were equipped with Voigtar as an option


so how did the rest of the camera taste, ....er i mean clean up :D
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Yes you were right (tip of hat) it is a pre war-ish black Bessa, with what is now a protein coated voigtar 105 f/3.5 with a slightly yeasty aftertaste. I have yet to taste my Super Ikonta B, or my Tenax II, but I do hear that while the meat of the Fuji can be quiet satisfying, the entrails contain tetrodotoxin and can lead to a quick demise.

But we shall see what develops.

David

"It was a Voigtlander, but is now a Licka"
 
Doesn't CLA stand for Cleaned Lens Aftertaste?
Anyway, glad you got the problem licked.
I seem to remember Paul Fusco once used "nose oil" smeared on a lens to get that dreamy look - I hope your Bessa didn't have a similar history...
 
rxmd said:
Next up: Distinguishing lenses by taste.

1950's Leica lenses have a somewhat earthy, glowy taste. Modern lenses have a sharper, more biting taste. Russian lenses are an acquired taste. And then there are the connoisseurs, who debate whether the best Angénieux vintage is a 1950 35/f2.5 or rather a 1957 24/f3.5, or even a 1982 180/f2.3.
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And what about the OOT (out of taste) rendering of those lenses? :)
 
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