Lens cleaner
Jun 3, 2013 09:19:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
How about a layer of Saran Wrap over the filter? It gets dirty, just peel it off - something like the peel-off face shield protectors race car drivers use? :D
Make sure you buy the brand saran wrap not the cheap imitations :mrgreen: :)
Jun 3, 2013 09:21:03 #
breck wrote:
thats a good idea, I can also get rid of my expensive Nikon lenses and buy really cheap ones
Good idea. Look for a "scratch & dent" sale.
Jun 3, 2013 12:16:36 #
Bram boy
Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
Thats just another pack of lies the makers of these products put out, since
1965 i have used only used my breath and a tissue , or my shirt , t shirt . If its something sticky i use warm water and dish soap then a clean tissue.
These lens are much harder than you think they are . Thats part of why they cost so much . I havent dameaged any in 49 years , and i suppect i never will . If you stop and think of all unessary amount of cash thats been blown away on these products . It will blow your mind
1965 i have used only used my breath and a tissue , or my shirt , t shirt . If its something sticky i use warm water and dish soap then a clean tissue.
These lens are much harder than you think they are . Thats part of why they cost so much . I havent dameaged any in 49 years , and i suppect i never will . If you stop and think of all unessary amount of cash thats been blown away on these products . It will blow your mind
Jun 3, 2013 12:21:13 #
Bram boy
Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
bee7474 wrote:
I used the lens cleaner pad on a cheap UV filter, it streaked also so threw it away.
The filters are no where as strong as the lens glass . You would dam near need sand paper to scrarch them . Its all hype how easly they get scratched
Jun 4, 2013 02:14:12 #
breck
Loc: Derbyshire UK
It wasnt hype when my wife dropped my camera several years ago and put a nice crack through the front of my lens, a filter would have taken the impact and saved me a lot of cash , so I will continue to use a UV filter for protection
Jun 4, 2013 06:48:49 #
CurreyPhoto
Loc: Reddick, Florida
breck wrote:
It wasnt hype when my wife dropped my camera several years ago and put a nice crack through the front of my lens, a filter would have taken the impact and saved me a lot of cash , so I will continue to use a UV filter for protection
When I hand my camera to my wife, which is very rare, I put it in her hands exactly the way I want her to hold it and I tell her not to move. Also, I wonder if your camera had a lens hood attached when it was dropped. I use rubber pop out hoods on my smaller lenses. These may provide more cushioning and they do the same job of lens shading.
Jun 4, 2013 07:01:05 #
breck
Loc: Derbyshire UK
I too placed it into her hand , she was sat on a dry stone wall she lost her balance and the camera lens came into contact with a jagged outpointing rock edge, it did have a rubber lens hood but it was still damaged beyound repair.
I live and learn, My wife no longer touches my camera, I use mettalic lens hoods and uv filters, I also always have a strap on the camera incase I drop it!
Belt and braces too right!!
I live and learn, My wife no longer touches my camera, I use mettalic lens hoods and uv filters, I also always have a strap on the camera incase I drop it!
Belt and braces too right!!
Jun 4, 2013 10:54:17 #
Bram boy
Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
breck wrote:
It wasnt hype when my wife dropped my camera several years ago and put a nice crack through the front of my lens, a filter would have taken the impact and saved me a lot of cash , so I will continue to use a UV filter for protection
Im talking about cleaning the lens not smashing it . I also smashed a zoom , fell of the roof of a car , that was in the 70tes. There was a white towel over it to keep the sun off. My friend came out of the lake and grabbed yhe towel.
But i still dont use a lens to degrade the picture .
Jun 4, 2013 10:58:51 #
Jun 5, 2013 02:17:13 #
Bram boy wrote:
But i still dont use a lens to degrade the picture .
"But i still dont use a lens to degrade the picture ."
Heaven forbid!
Jun 5, 2013 07:01:19 #
CurreyPhoto
Loc: Reddick, Florida
Mogul wrote:
"But i still dont use a lens to degrade the picture ."
Heaven forbid!
Heaven forbid!
Hooray, pinhole for ever!
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