Lens Cleaning
Jun 7, 2020 12:31:11 #
Leitz wrote:
Buy a lens cleaning kit, have a literate person read the directions to you, and follow them.
Do you feel better now???
Jun 7, 2020 12:54:38 #
Scruples wrote:
Please don’t apply any cleaning fluid onto the fro... (show quote)
What he’d said... but no UV/haze filter for digital photography below 6000’ altitude. UV and skylight filters are for film photography.
Use a high quality clear glass protector in hazardous conditions (welding, dirt track/motocross racing, industrial process photography, beach or desert scenes...)
I avoid filters unless the scene calls for protection, polarization, or light reduction via neutral density. BUT, I always use a lens shade!
Jun 7, 2020 13:35:07 #
quixdraw wrote:
The way I was taught by an old time German pro photographer was three part.
1. Brush or blow off any surface dust..
I rarely have to clean lenses because I use protective filters, but follow roughly the same process with them.
1. Brush or blow off any surface dust..
I rarely have to clean lenses because I use protective filters, but follow roughly the same process with them.
I use a small rubber air bulb blower. In the field, pollen and other particulates are ever in the air. 2 or 3 puffs from the blower leave you a saliva-free lens.
Jun 7, 2020 13:53:01 #
Aurora microfiber cleaning cloths. Three individually sealed wet and three dry cloths, $12.00 B&H. $4.00 per cleaning seem kind of high but I wanted something that would fit in a shirt pocket for emergency field use. As a test I used one set to clean five lenses and had plenty left over so they could be used for a periodic cleaning of several lenses. For lens tissues I have found Bausch & Lomb wipes to be less streaky than Zeiss.
Jun 7, 2020 13:53:49 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
Longshadow wrote:
Do you feel better now???
Do you feel better now???
No. I will only feel better when the OP says he now knows how to clean his lens. We should all care so much.
Jun 7, 2020 14:09:48 #
Leitz wrote:
No. I will only feel better when the OP says he now knows how to clean his lens. We should all care so much.
Well, he now knows what some more people are like.
Yes, we should, shouldn't we.
Jun 7, 2020 15:35:22 #
I worked for Minolta for 14 years. We were trained to breathe on the lens which created distilled water and then to use a photo chamois. A photo chamois is a very thin version of a regular deer skin chamois. This was shown to us as the only method that left no residue from cleaning liquid, lens paper, brush, etc. This was also the only way advocated for cleaning the reflex mirror.
To prove to yourself about residual after cleaning your lens with your chosen method, breath on the lens, filter, etc. If you find streaking of any kind there is residue.
To prove to yourself about residual after cleaning your lens with your chosen method, breath on the lens, filter, etc. If you find streaking of any kind there is residue.
Jun 7, 2020 15:47:29 #
Jorgy wrote:
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To prove to yourself about residual after cleaning your lens with your chosen method, breath on the lens, filter, etc. If you find streaking of any kind there is residue.
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To prove to yourself about residual after cleaning your lens with your chosen method, breath on the lens, filter, etc. If you find streaking of any kind there is residue.
Jun 7, 2020 15:54:41 #
Jun 7, 2020 16:02:55 #
DeanS wrote:
I use Zeiss wipes, polish with Kleenex.
Kleenex (tissues) are not usually lint-free.
Jun 7, 2020 18:07:06 #
Longshadow wrote:
Kleenex (tissues) are not usually lint-free.
Yup, they are soft, and won't scratch, but not line free.
Jun 7, 2020 19:06:39 #
frankraney wrote:
Yup, they are soft, and won't scratch, but not line free.
Zeiss pads, Kleenex, air brush, fini. Works for me.
Jun 7, 2020 19:08:20 #
rmalarz wrote:
OMG. couldn't watch the whole video!
Jun 7, 2020 23:10:34 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
quixdraw wrote:
The way I was taught by an old time German pro pho... (show quote)
I was writing the same thing- but different.
You DON"T spray the thing! Whatever it is!
Just yelled at/got yelled at. She sprays the car's dashboard- and the bottom parts of the windshield, and the windows, and the vents, and the speakers, and the radio, and the gauges, and the ... and the ... *sigh*
AND the dash itself has a nice thick glaze of gritty shininess.
ALWAYS use the blower first. Get rid of the debris. Don't be scrubbing the lens with this stuff.
Gently brush the lens of any remaining particles. Ditto.
Excess liquid will seep thru, causing a bit of internal permanent haze. Less is better.
DON"T try to "polish" away any problem areas. Damaging the coatings help you have "soft" photos.
I don't remember if there's real chamois chamois anymore. Some of the new fake chamois is pretty good. As is fine microcloth. Many of all of these need washing first, to take the finish out.
Jun 8, 2020 08:11:12 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
Leitz wrote:
Buy a lens cleaning kit, have a literate person read the directions to you, and follow them.
I thought you said you were going to reform. Just because someone cannot do their own thinking doesn’t mean they’re illiterate!
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