D-Lux 4 Lens Problem (Help)

[PhilG]

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Foolishly, after letting somebody look at my D-Lux 4, I noticed a thumb print on the front of the lens. Using optical cleaning fluid I cleaned the mark off but then noticed a very small drop of fluid must have found it's way behind the glass. So if you look at the lens you can see a small bubble of fluid behind the front glass of the lens.

OK it doesn't cause any issues on the photos, as yet, but it is very annoying.

Has anbody had this problem before and Eeeeeeeeeek is there any way of removing the front element of the lens to clean behind it.

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[Bilco10]

Don't even THINK about removing the front element! The drop of liquid will dry out, in time. For cleaning lenses and sensors, I use ethyl alcohol (Ethanol) on a cotton bud. It only dampens the cotton - so not enough liquid to slosh about!- and dries almost instantly.

[Shootist]

There are very few people I would let handle any of the cameras I've ever owned.

 

I also wet something, cloth, to clean anything on any of my cameras. Never apply any liquid directly to any part of a camera, especially one that runs on a battery.

[john_newell]

Has anbody had this problem before and Eeeeeeeeeek is there any way of removing the front element of the lens to clean behind it.

 

I hate to say this, but the foolish thing was not letting someone else handle the camera but putting lens cleaning fluid directly onto the lens element. Always apply the fluid to clean lens cleaning tissue or another proper cleaning "tool." Trying to disassemble that lens would almost certainly turn the camera into trash. Leave it alone or send it to Leica.

[PhilG]

....Thanks for all the responses. Yes a huge lesson has been learned by me. Fingers crossed it will dry out in time.