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Author Topic: Question about lenses (Ever gotten Filmguard inside of one?) Chad Smith Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Lafayette, IN, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-13-2005 01:24 AM                     Has anybody else ever had film guard get inside of a lens? Just curious. [ 05-14-2005, 01:00 AM: Message edited by: Joe Redifer ]  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-13-2005 03:04 AM                     No, never heard that one. Only thing I can think of how one can get FG in one is that the bottle leaked and a lens was below the bottle and soaked the end of the lens with it. It this what happened, on the reason of your question? Fill us in on your reasoning for this question and maybe we can help you on this one (even though when any kind of moisture enters into a lens, it's time for the lens to head to the shop for disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly-don't try this yourself if you don't know what you're doing for sure). Little hint: this topic title is a borderline "teaser" topic. since the topic has no definite subject matter. Maybe change the topic to "fluid leakage in lenses", or something similar. thx-Monte  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-13-2005 12:14 PM                        It may just be that you are applying much too much FilmGuard to the print? Are you seeing tiny droplets on the back element of the lens, or just an oily haze? Sometimes a really oily print (literally dripping oil) could have some vaporized oil or slight splatter build up on the lens.  |  IP: Logged Kyle McTague Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Lafayette, Indiana, USA Registered: Sep 2004 posted 05-13-2005 03:34 PM                     It actually got onto the front element of the lens. I came into work last week, and chad told me about this and my immediate response was "how the hell did you accomplish that?" It took forever to get off of the outside and then we noticed that there's also some inside. I've considered taking him out back and beating him with a hose but we'll see....  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-13-2005 07:14 PM                     In the grand spirit of Manny, I don't mean to sound like an insensitive prick, but... I just have to ask...HOW did you accomplish this? Seriously, was one of your guys spraying the lens with it thinking it was lens cleaner or something? That bottle should've never come anywhere near a projector in the first place. Some refresher training is probably in order.  |  IP: Logged Chad Smith Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Lafayette, IN, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-13-2005 08:46 PM                     It looked like there was filmguard on the underside of the film cleaner and it ran down and dripped onto the lens turret and then ran down onto the front of the scope lens. That's all I could gather, but I think we're going to do a repair/exchange because upon further inspection there's a bubble in the lens, which is even more exciting.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-14-2005 12:27 AM                     Hmmmm, somebody didn't read the instructions that came with the FilmGuard. Nowhere in there did it say to saturate the media pads with the cleaner mounted on the projector. At least now you know to enforce the "saturate, then mount" policy.  |  IP: Logged Jason Miller Expert Film Handler Posts: 241 From: Little Rock, AR, Registered: Mar 2004 posted 05-14-2005 10:43 PM                    quote: Brad Miller the "saturate, then mount" policy. did anybody else laugh at that?  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 05-15-2005 12:22 AM                     I always thought it was mount, then saturate....when finished.  |  IP: Logged Jon Morgan Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-15-2005 12:14 PM                     I actually prefer filling the lenses entirely with cleaner, bubbles, and glitter. It adds a lot of flair to the presentation.  |  IP: Logged

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