Best Way to clean my lens (F717)

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I have a fellowes "perfect clean" cloth to gently rub away small smudges and dust. I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived yet..
What does everyone else use to clean yours lens.

And is the lenspen Safe? It claims it is, but yet says it marks the lens with carbon?
 
I have a fellowes "perfect clean" cloth to gently rub away small
smudges and dust. I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived
yet..
What does everyone else use to clean yours lens.
And is the lenspen Safe? It claims it is, but yet says it marks the
lens with carbon?
Also how dirty or dusty does the lens have to be, before it actually shows up in your your photos, I read of people having a scratch on lens and it didnt affect the shot..
 
I have a fellowes "perfect clean" cloth to gently rub away small
smudges and dust. I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived
yet..
What does everyone else use to clean yours lens.
And is the lenspen Safe? It claims it is, but yet says it marks the
lens with carbon?
--I use the LensPen and I also use the Promaster micro cleaning cloth. I would not use a cloth or the pen on the DUST use your brush first. There could be something that looks like dust but it could be something that would scratch your lens.

Tanglefoot1947 717, B-300, G-3, Sony P-7, Canon i950
 
Toilet or tissue papers -- not a good idea. Many pulp plants produce silica during their growth. (Some plants, like some horse-tails are so high in silica that they are used as sand-paper for fine woodwork, I still use them today when camping for scrubbing pots & pans.) You may not notice anything now but months and years of a habit of using ordinary pulp papers and you'll find your anti-reflective coating worn off, or worse.

Remove as much of the larger bits of dust as you can with your breath or other air source. Then I'll use a lens brush to remove as much dust as possible. Then use a micro-fiber cloth to GENTLY try to remove any fingerprints. If there is a stubborn spot I'll use some liquid lens cleaner with a micro-fiber cloth. One of the best liquids I've found I obtain as surplus from http://www.sciplus.com under their name of "Rexton Optyl-7" I buy the larger 8oz. bottle for only $4.00 then divy it up into smaller drop applicator bottles for my camera bags. One 8oz. bottle can last forever. They also have the micro-fiber cloths there too for only $2.00 each. I get several as I'm always handing one to someone or losing one somewhere.

(Browse through their stuff at sciplus.com, they have lots of surplus lenses and filters and things for those DIYers out there, even a blower-bulb for getting rid of dust on lenses. I just made a neutral density filter for my EVF on my F717 (it inserts inside of the rubber eye-cup) so my night-vision isn't impaired every time I look into that search-light-bright image when taking photos of aurora, meteors, and other things at night.)
 
I always keep a UV filter on my lens. I'd rather clean/replace a filter than risk lens damage.

Blowing/breathing on optics presents the risk off spitting on your lens. The acids in saliva can damage sensitive optical coatings. Use compressed air instead for dusting. A microfiber cloth is good for light contaminants. For stubborn grime, I use ethyl-alcohol and Kleenex tissues (plain, without scent or lotion)
--
Macro-
(David Hasenick)
http://www.pbase.com/dbh/galleries
Toilet or tissue papers -- not a good idea. Many pulp plants
produce silica during their growth. (Some plants, like some
horse-tails are so high in silica that they are used as sand-paper
for fine woodwork, I still use them today when camping for
scrubbing pots & pans.) You may not notice anything now but months
and years of a habit of using ordinary pulp papers and you'll find
your anti-reflective coating worn off, or worse.

Remove as much of the larger bits of dust as you can with your
breath or other air source. Then I'll use a lens brush to remove as
much dust as possible. Then use a micro-fiber cloth to GENTLY try
to remove any fingerprints. If there is a stubborn spot I'll use
some liquid lens cleaner with a micro-fiber cloth. One of the best
liquids I've found I obtain as surplus from http://www.sciplus.com under
their name of "Rexton Optyl-7" I buy the larger 8oz. bottle for
only $4.00 then divy it up into smaller drop applicator bottles for
my camera bags. One 8oz. bottle can last forever. They also have
the micro-fiber cloths there too for only $2.00 each. I get several
as I'm always handing one to someone or losing one somewhere.

(Browse through their stuff at sciplus.com, they have lots of
surplus lenses and filters and things for those DIYers out there,
even a blower-bulb for getting rid of dust on lenses. I just made a
neutral density filter for my EVF on my F717 (it inserts inside of
the rubber eye-cup) so my night-vision isn't impaired every time I
look into that search-light-bright image when taking photos of
aurora, meteors, and other things at night.)
 
...I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived
yet..
I have found LensPen very usefull, but My brush and lenspelhead
start to get kind of dusty etc?

How often do you cnage your lenspen and do you clean it w/
something???

Vesa
the brush can be washed carefully by hand and rinsed thoroughly in clean water but take care to not fray it too badly. The other part isn't something I use often so when I think the circular cleaning area is "done" I get a new pen.
 
...I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived
yet..
I have found LensPen very usefull, but My brush and lenspelhead
start to get kind of dusty etc?

How often do you cnage your lenspen and do you clean it w/
something???

Vesa
the Peter iNova books recommends replacing the lens pen once a year--and to use the lens pen only on the lens, not EVF's, etc.

--
Craig
 
Buzzrock,

I "used" a Lens Pen I picked up at Circuit City & really liked it until one day I was using it & didn't notice a bit of something? was on the filter or the pen. I cleaned & noticed marks on my lens. lucky for me it was it was Just a filter. Not a cheap filter but better that than the camera lens. I just use a photo cloth & a breath of air! 8-) No more lens pens for me..
Shayron--
ybnormal (aka Shayron)
'We are what we pretend to be….and today I'm pretending to be an Artist!
http://www.pbase.com/ybnormal/galleries
 
That's exactly why I would never use a lens pen. One piece of grit and your lens/filter is toast. You risk scratches with any contact cleaning method. Even a microfiber cloth can cause damage with a single piece of grit.

--
Macro-
(aka David Hasenick)
http://www.pbase.com/dbh
Buzzrock,
I "used" a Lens Pen I picked up at Circuit City & really liked it
until one day I was using it & didn't notice a bit of something?
was on the filter or the pen. I cleaned & noticed marks on my lens.
lucky for me it was it was Just a filter. Not a cheap filter but
better that than the camera lens. I just use a photo cloth & a
breath of air! 8-) No more lens pens for me..
 
Has anyone used the moistened lens cleaning tissues?

http://www.bausch.com/us/resource/visioncare/va/safety/8574GM.jsp
I have a fellowes "perfect clean" cloth to gently rub away small
smudges and dust. I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived
yet..
What does everyone else use to clean yours lens.
And is the lenspen Safe? It claims it is, but yet says it marks the
lens with carbon?
--
Russ Meyer
Palm City, FL
http://www.imagestation.com/members/bigkahunafl
 
Russ Meyer wrote:

I have formula MC with zeiss micro cloths.. I also have the zeiss pre-moistened lens cleaning tissues
Has anyone used the moistened lens cleaning tissues?

http://www.bausch.com/us/resource/visioncare/va/safety/8574GM.jsp
I have a fellowes "perfect clean" cloth to gently rub away small
smudges and dust. I also bought a LensPen from Ebay. Hasnt arrived
yet..
What does everyone else use to clean yours lens.
And is the lenspen Safe? It claims it is, but yet says it marks the
lens with carbon?
--
Russ Meyer
Palm City, FL
http://www.imagestation.com/members/bigkahunafl
 

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