Safe lens wipes?
Oct 13, 2020 15:01:04 #
goldenyears wrote:
I'm looking for recommendations of safe, effective pre-moistened wipes for dust and fingerprints on camera lenses and lcd screens. There are many products for sale on Amazon, including Nikon and Zeiss products, but some buyers complain that these products are too dry. Maybe they are not supposed to be very wet.
I use nikon wipes. Big box is very inexpensive
Oct 13, 2020 15:11:36 #
Do not clean a lens unless it is absolutely necessary, A little dust won't hurt, and then clean it only with recommended wipes. Dirt? Use a brush in order to get rid of it, but it doesn't have to be 100%. Many years ago I used to repair cameras, and some lenses that came with the cameras looked like they were cleaned with sandpaper.
Oct 13, 2020 15:31:08 #
shelty wrote:
Do not clean a lens unless it is absolutely necessary, A little dust won't hurt, and then clean it only with recommended wipes. Dirt? Use a brush in order to get rid of it, but it doesn't have to be 100%. Many years ago I used to repair cameras, and some lenses that came with the cameras looked like they were cleaned with sandpaper.
Oct 13, 2020 15:42:53 #
I like the Zeiss wipes as well. Get them at Wal-Wart in a box of 100 wipes. Works great on eyeglasses as well.
Oct 13, 2020 15:44:26 #
Oct 13, 2020 15:49:50 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
I use the Zeiss wipes. They do the job very well for me.
I second Zeiss.
Oct 13, 2020 19:32:39 #
Oct 13, 2020 19:52:06 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Since nobody has mentioned it, for very light cleaning a rocket blower and lens pen does a very good job.
Oct 13, 2020 22:14:53 #
LWW wrote:
Since nobody has mentioned it, for very light cleaning a rocket blower and lens pen does a very good job.
Probably nobody mentioned it because the thread title is, Safe lens wipes?
But, you're right.
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Oct 13, 2020 23:44:58 #
goldenyears wrote:
I'm looking for recommendations of safe, effective pre-moistened wipes for dust and fingerprints on camera lenses and lcd screens. There are many products for sale on Amazon, including Nikon and Zeiss products, but some buyers complain that these products are too dry. Maybe they are not supposed to be very wet.
The wipes made by Zeiss are flawless. Buy on Amazon. >Alan
Oct 14, 2020 00:03:31 #
RowdyRay wrote:
A lot of people are going to blast you for even as... (show quote)
I bought a box of OptiPlus wipes from Best Buy and they work as well as my Zeiss wipes. But it is a good practice to blow the lens off, never with can air, then wipe gently from the center to the outer edges of your lens.
Oct 14, 2020 03:56:38 #
VAC
Loc: Akron, OH
goldenyears wrote:
I'm looking for recommendations of safe, effective pre-moistened wipes for dust and fingerprints on camera lenses and lcd screens. There are many products for sale on Amazon, including Nikon and Zeiss products, but some buyers complain that these products are too dry. Maybe they are not supposed to be very wet.
It's not the glass on your lens you have to worry about. It's the optical coatings that you should be concerned about. My optician says that paper wipes damage the optical coatings on my glasses as he hands me a free microfiber cleaning cloth.
Oct 14, 2020 06:03:08 #
goldenyears wrote:
I'm looking for recommendations of safe, effective pre-moistened wipes for dust and fingerprints on camera lenses and lcd screens. There are many products for sale on Amazon, including Nikon and Zeiss products, but some buyers complain that these products are too dry. Maybe they are not supposed to be very wet.
I don't like wet wipes, because they just smear dirt around. I much prefer dry wipes. If you breathe on the lens the condensation (almost pure water) creates a very thin film of moisture that is just enough to allow a dry wipe to pick up whatever is on the lens without smearing it around, where it will leave streaks when the liquid it is dissolved in evaporates.
Oct 14, 2020 08:44:16 #
Oct 14, 2020 10:17:13 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
VAC wrote:
It's not the glass on your lens you have to worry about. It's the optical coatings that you should be concerned about. My optician says that paper wipes damage the optical coatings on my glasses as he hands me a free microfiber cleaning cloth.
Optical coatings are very hard, especially with multiple coatings, to the point of often being harder than the optical glass itself.
Even removing entirely the coating(s) from the outer front element will not remove it from the rear of said element much less from the inner elements.
The first lens coatings were actually atmospheric smog from coal burning, an optometrist tested and recognized that this thin coating of smog actually increased light transmission by 4% +/-.
Modern multicasting processes are for each coat to ameliorate reflections of a certain color. Each coat needs to be 1/4 of the wavelength of the color of light it is designed to control.
Dirt and grime can ever so slightly alter the wavelengths, but tiny surface scratches are unlikely to produce much if any image degradation simply because the lens cannot focus that close. I forget the book, but I once read of the effect of a postage stamp placed on the front element of a 300 2.8 and it was negligible unless greatly enlarged.
As an example, these images were taken with the pictured lens:
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