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Used by NASA

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:05:49 +0000

Every material object exposed to the environment, including bino and scope lenses, are coated with a microscopic oil residue, the unfortunate by-product of environmental pollution. This lens clean-er is the first one designed to remove this oil residue. In a National Bureau of Standards test, ROR increased optical resolution 40% over cleaning with standard lens cleaners. Used by NASA as an integral part of space flights, and by such optics manufacturers as Leica, Hasselblad, and Bausch & Lomb. Two-ounce spray bottle.

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No lens cleaner can even come close to the cleaning quality of ROR

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:05:53 +0000

Several years ago I had the opportunity to try a lens cleaner that made a claim of adding up to two f/stops of light transmission. (The product was called ROR, short for Residual Oil Remover.) That got my attention and I took up the challenge by checking a Mamiya RB 180/4.5 lens with a filter. The lens and filter appeared to be fairly clean. I made an electronic test, then cleaned the lens and filter. I made the test again and was astonished at the results: A full stop and a half gain!

I immediately put it to use as the lens cleaner of choice on my bench. When I first started using it on customers’ lenses and filters, after receiving their repaired lenses they would call to say that I had forgotten to “return the filter” or “didn’t put the front lens element back in.” I explained that everything was indeed intact and that they should look closer — the lenses and filters were so clean that the customers couldn’t see them!

Since then, sales reps have asked me to try their brands of lens cleaners. I put the cleaners through an objective side-by-side test with ROR. The results have always been that no lens cleaner can even come close to the cleaning quality of ROR.

I also use ROR to clean a wide variety of other things, including removal of ink, blood and coffee stains. So far, I have found only one thing that should not be cleaned with ROR and that is film. The emulsion will be destroyed. Like any other cleaning solution, when cleaning an unfamiliar surface, try ROR on an area that is disposable in case there is a problem. To me, ROR is the undisputed King of the Hill of lens cleaners.

– John Petterson, Tech Talk/ Rangefinder magazine

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LAPTOPS/COMPUTER SCREENS

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:07:38 +0000

New laptops come in squeaky-clean packages, with spotless keyboards, dustless LCD screens and smooth trackpad. After years of use, however, you would notice your keyboard getting shadows from all even small food particles wedged in between the rough finish. The LCD screen and trackpad might even be oily because of contact with your fingers. While some laptops retail their like-new surfaces through years of use (like my old ThinkPad and my PowerBook Pismo, which are black), most non-black laptops show signs of use after just a few months. What’s a laptop user to do, then? There are several cleaners out there. Some are water-based. Some are alcohol-based. I’ve tried alcohol, but it can sometimes be abrasive. Glass cleaners can work, too, when diluted. Heck even vinegar solution would do well with sticky trackpads (it’s acidic, after all). Try your local photo hobbyist shop. Maybe they have oil-removing lens cleaners that can help. iBooks and PowerBooks seem to develop a “shadow” of the keyboard on the LCD over time, which won’t come off with window cleaners such as Windex. With my iBook, it was bad enough that using the thing in direct sunlight was sometimes difficult.

On a whim, I recently tried a lens cleaner called ROR (Residual Oil Remover) that I picked up from my local camera store and it took the shadow off completely. My guess is the shadow is really just finger oils from the keyboard or something. – Low End Mac User

ROR removes oil residue on a microscopic level, yet is not abrasive to glass or other surfaces. Better give it a try. Until now, lens cleaners have been for the most part, simply silicone, alcohol

or glycerin based products. Instead of removing the embedded pollution from the pores and surface of a lens, they coated it, thereby defeating the original intention. ROR has redefined the science of lens care by utilizing a formula of natural ingredients that finally removes the counterproductive, ineradicable microscopic oil residues from the surface and pores of glass and plastic.

– J. Angelo Racoma, Tips, Living With

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For a photographer, there are few things as vexing as a dirty lens.

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:48:24 +0000

For a photographer, there are few things as vexing as a dirty lens. I was fortunate to have someone in a camera store recommend that I try ROR several years ago. Why was I asking for a recommendation? Because over and over, previous cleaning fluids just didn’t clean. Imagine my delight when ROR left my lens and filters sparkling! As a Nikon mentor for the Mentor Series Worldwide Photo Treks, I recommend ROR to all my trekkers, and the feedback I get is a resounding echo of my own experience. “I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was able to clean a filter I was preparing to replace. It’s like new after ROR.” It’s the only lens cleaning fluid I’ll trust on the front element of my Nikkor glass. ROR gets an enthusiastic two thumbs up, and my complete confidence.

– Mark Alberhasky, Nikon Pro Photographer, www.imagema.com / www.imagema.us

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