pico Posted August 13, 2014 Share #41 Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) So - any recommendations? Pine cones, cactus parts or one of those shiny three-leaf plants (Toxicodendron radicans). ANYTHING other than those swelling plumbing-choking tissues that smell like your high school prom date . Oh gawd, I'm cranky again. Edited August 13, 2014 by pico Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rafikiphoto Posted August 14, 2014 Share #42 Posted August 14, 2014 In East Africa empty maize cobs are used to good effect. Very soothing I am told. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 14, 2014 Share #43 Posted August 14, 2014 Sphagnum moss is my favourite. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted August 14, 2014 Share #44 Posted August 14, 2014 Ask the maid to do it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darvin2138 Posted August 14, 2014 Share #45 Posted August 14, 2014 Get a piece of paper, put a hole in the middle, put your middle finger in the hole...voila..you can now clean it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted August 14, 2014 Share #46 Posted August 14, 2014 Lots of sarcasm on the 240 site I do clean my M9-P every month or two. I dust off with a blower then use cotton buds with lens cleaner and an old lens cloth with the same. They do get dirty and I'm always surprised how well it looks after a good clean. I do the same with lenses every 6m or so if they need it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted August 15, 2014 Share #47 Posted August 15, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Don't photograph dirty things and your camera will stay clean. People should not photograph dirty things. People should only photograph clean things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delcredere Posted August 15, 2014 Share #48 Posted August 15, 2014 I wrap it in my underwear and use the laundry machine. Too much information. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naper Posted August 16, 2014 Share #49 Posted August 16, 2014 Why not? They are tools to be used, irrespective of price. You would drive a 25.000 $ car in the snow, would you not? A 25,000$ car sure but a 125,000$ Porsche NO WAY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookaphotoof Posted August 16, 2014 Share #50 Posted August 16, 2014 You think a 125k Porsche lacks build quality? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 16, 2014 Share #51 Posted August 16, 2014 A 25,000$ car sure but a 125,000$ Porsche NO WAY In the winter in the UK, I use my 4WD 997 Turbo S all the time. With Bridgestone winter tyres and the soft throttle response of a turbo, it is great in snow and ice. I end up as the family taxi, as all the other cars are front wheel drive and struggle to get out of the very steep incline from our farm drive onto the main road, especially if there is a border of snow from the snow plough. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJWhite Posted August 16, 2014 Share #52 Posted August 16, 2014 You think a 125k Porsche lacks build quality? Sand and salt on the roads in winter does the same damage to the steel underbody of a Porsche that it does to the steel underbody of a Toyota. The difference is that the Toyota is a lot less expensive to buy, and to repair. Also, I don't want a car with heaps of torque when driving on icy roads. 4 second zero to sixty times are nice, I suppose, but not possible on a snow covered road, no matter how good your tires are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 17, 2014 Share #53 Posted August 17, 2014 Sand and salt on the roads in winter does the same damage to the steel underbody of a Porsche that it does to the steel underbody of a Toyota. The difference is that the Toyota is a lot less expensive to buy, and to repair. Also, I don't want a car with heaps of torque when driving on icy roads. 4 second zero to sixty times are nice, I suppose, but not possible on a snow covered road, no matter how good your tires are. Really? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJWhite Posted August 17, 2014 Share #54 Posted August 17, 2014 Really? Yes, really. I'm sure that driving the Bertoni Bomber up that mountain was a pile of fun, but I didn't see evidence of a 4 second zero to sixty time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 17, 2014 Share #55 Posted August 17, 2014 The point is that like an M240, a car is a tool and the good ones can be used in all sorts of circumstances, even ridiculous ones like a ski slope. Of course I can’t exercise the 3 seconds 0 - 100 kph that my 560 hp 911 Turbo is capable of 99.9% of the time but the fact that it still behaves beautifully in snow, rain, ice, etc, is evidence of first class engineering like most of the M240 also demonstrates. Wilson 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 17, 2014 Share #56 Posted August 17, 2014 To put it succinctly: It is not the tool that is the limiting factor, but the user. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookaphotoof Posted August 17, 2014 Share #57 Posted August 17, 2014 I have no problem driving a 200+ bhp / 510 kg Caterham in winter. Snow doesn't stop me. If they throw salt or sand on the roads, that doesn't stop me. It's a car and it's meant to be used. If that little aluminum sardine can on wheels survives that, a Porsche will certainly survive the same 'abuse'. Just drive that thing through the carwash once in a while, something my Caterham wouldn't survive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naper Posted August 17, 2014 Share #58 Posted August 17, 2014 My 997 C2S it terrible in snow. It spends the winter in the garage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universalb50 Posted August 18, 2014 Share #59 Posted August 18, 2014 On the presumption that this is a serious question(?)...folks with opto-mechanical instruments of high quality may benefit from a visit to "micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/anatomy/cleaning" wherein is described tricks for maintaining hi grade microscopes. Obviously a camera will have different use than a research grade microscope, but much of the information will be applicable? For the fellow who is using his camera on the cattle range, a "condom" like device as used on a Zeiss OP-MI (both to protect to instrument and keep a sterile surgical field) might be considered, and I'd hope that nobody will take their Leitz-Wild stereoscope out on the ski trip! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuad82001 Posted September 11, 2018 Share #60 Posted September 11, 2018 Anyone have a real answer or advice? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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