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Jan 26, 2018 18:38:51   #
kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy
 
dandev wrote:
I've been buying Bausch & Lomb "Sight Savers" for cleaning my lenses. They come in individual packages that I throw in my camera bag.
Amazon sells 2 versions - and I'm not sure I can tell the difference.
https://www.amazon.com/Bausch-Lomb-Premoistened-Cleaning-Tissues/dp/B0032DP7Y6/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1516898547&sr=8-3&keywords=bausch+%26+lomb+sight+savers
https://www.amazon.com/Bausch-Lomb-Premoistened-Cleaning-Tissues/dp/B0030BUKL0/ref=sr_1_9_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1516898547&sr=8-9&keywords=bausch+%26+lomb+sight+savers

Question - Has anyone used these? Is there something better to use? Can anyone tell the difference between the two offers from Amazon?

Thanks.
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I never ever used anything moistened to clean photographic lenses. It takes a lot of extra wiping to remove the liquid that such tissues deposit on the lens, and whatever is on the lens gets smeared around instead of being picked up by the tissue.

I use normal paper lens tissue. Microfiber cleaning cloths are great, but eventually pick up grease and dirt, the first of which can be deposited on the lens and the second of which can cause fine scratches. A new tissue each time or at most a couple of uses is safer.

The trick is to gently exhale on the lens surface, which (except in the hottest, driest conditions) forms a very fine layer of water (exhaled breath is almost pure water vapor) on the lens surface, which is enough to loosen the dirt or grease there, which the lens tissue immediately absorbs without smearing it around. Exhale and wipe a couple of times and you have a clean surface with the minimum of effort and potential damage to the glass surface.

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Jan 26, 2018 20:55:24   #
Dlevon Loc: New Jersey
 
nhastings wrote:
I buy boxes of Zeiss Lens Cleaning Wipes. Use them for my glasses and lenses. Very inexpensive and they seem to work well.


I do the same. Been using them for years. Use them on all my optical equipment. Never been a problem. Keep them in my pocket when in the field.

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Jan 27, 2018 06:42:52   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
Here are the best I've found: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WFELV1G/ref=sxnav_sxwds-tsp_1_a_it?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3444036022&pd_rd_wg=v9JYy&pf_rd_r=N7329TTRT5R94MZPZNDS&pf_rd_s=desktop-sx-nav&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_i=B00WFELV1G&pd_rd_w=oxDov&pf_rd_i=nikon+lens+cleaner+wipes&pd_rd_r=7b5ac35d-fb74-4bd6-b44d-567a8c5d18eb&ie=UTF8&qid=1517053316&sr=1

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Jan 30, 2018 07:25:17   #
Dalek Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown
 
Guys, I found a little crud on the lens ads to the Bokeh.

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