someonenameddavid
Well-known
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
David
Peter_wrote:
Well-known
best thread ever... 
jonasv
has no mustache
best thread ever...![]()
What he said.
icebear
Veteran
LOL, I assume you are not in the germ kill obsessed USA
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Just breathing on the lens and using a micro fiber cloth might have been the better idea.
Just breathing on the lens and using a micro fiber cloth might have been the better idea.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
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.
Seriously, well done.
The soft, moist bodily alternatives hardly bear thinking about.
Or is this whole thread just taking the piss?
Cheers,
R.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. If you had a dog with you, the whole camera could get cleaned.
someonenameddavid
Well-known
LOL, I assume you are not in the germ kill obsessed USA.
Just breathing on the lens and using a micro fiber cloth might have been the better idea.
Well yes I am in the "germ obsessed USA" but I am also an Englishman... But also a physician... Go figure
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
So long, sucker...
Seriously, well done.
The soft, moist bodily alternatives hardly bear thinking about.
Or is this whole thread just taking the piss?
It's his bloody camera and he can do whatever he wants with it.
Also, +1 for "best thread ever".
Jmck
Newbie
A shot of 151 Rum should kill the taste and anything else that you may have picked up.
chippy
foo was here
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
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
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Gives a whole new meaning to "CLA".
seakayaker1
Well-known
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.
. . . . . 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.
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
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.
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.
gliderbee
Well-known
If you had a dog with you, the whole camera could get cleaned.
FINALLY a worthy goal in life for that hairy, big, drooling monster in my house ! Thanks !
reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
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*
But I certainly appreciate a man who do what he gotta do to get the shot. *salutes*
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Glad that you came here to 'mouth off' about it! 
+1 for best thread ever.
+1 for best thread ever.
someonenameddavid
Well-known
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![]()
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"
lynnb
Veteran
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...
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...
sahe69
Well-known
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.
And what about the OOT (out of taste) rendering of those lenses?
Ezzie
E. D. Russell Roberts
Who wants to own up to having done the same thing? 
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