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03/29/2005 05:44:49 AM · #1 |
I was wondering if you people carry any blower to take off the dust that gets thru the lens ( annoing with my Nikkor 70-300 ED) and if you clean it with some kind of liquid to remove dirt and so. I was wondering if it is ok to spray it with that liquid to clean glasses. According to lens manual it's ok, but what do you do? Any thoughts?
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03/29/2005 05:54:03 AM · #2 |
| I try to avoid using liquids if possible. Only when there is ground in dust. Try and use a blower first. There was a thread about some special cleaner but I can't remeber it's name or find the thread. Maybe someone else will know. |
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03/29/2005 06:39:50 AM · #3 |
I use a blower, 91% Alcohol with a q-tip, lense tissue(carry around) and I have a lens cloth.
That should do it. |
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03/29/2005 02:03:15 PM · #4 |
I think that the liquid to cleaning glasses is almout only alchool, but I'm knot shure because it doesen't have the composition on the botle, but by the smell I'm gessing. Any other thoughts?
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03/29/2005 02:36:32 PM · #5 |
Lens pen. Best 7 bucks I ever spent at Circuit City.
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03/29/2005 03:49:35 PM · #6 |
Lens pen? what is this? And what blower do you advice? I thought blowers where only to take dust of the sensor.
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03/29/2005 03:56:59 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Nuno:
Lens pen? what is this? And what blower do you advice? I thought blowers where only to take dust of the sensor. |
Lens pen can be found anywhere that you can buy photographic equipment, some stores have them in there hunting department (cleaning scopes, binoculars, etc). Other devices like this by different companies but works the same.
They have version of the brush with a bulb that you can squeeze and blow things off the lens before brushing.
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03/29/2005 05:35:19 PM · #8 |
Lens Pen for me. Picked it up at a "birding" store along with a particular set of Binoculars. Excellant tool.
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03/30/2005 01:45:07 AM · #9 |
I have a big old camera bag that holds a lot of stuff and my protocol is the following.
1. Use the big blower to remove any dust. (No contact with the glass)
2. If still not clean, use the lens brush from my lens pen to dust anything else off.
3. If still dusty/greasy use mist from breath and use lens cloth. Popular Photography recommends using it like a finger cot and cleaning from the center out to the outside edges in a counter clockwise direction. I'm not sure why though.
4. If still dirty, I use a camera lens cleaner and a lens cloth.
Yup, I carry a big bag that holds all this stuff.
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03/30/2005 02:32:32 AM · #10 |
| I use a Lenspen when in the field but at home I use a Rocket Blower, Pac Pads, solution, etc... |
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07/09/2007 07:42:48 PM · #11 |
| Splashed some coffee on the lens, what can this do to the glass? |
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07/09/2007 07:53:37 PM · #12 |
Probably nothing... unless it had sand in it!
Seriously, it should be fine. I don't think there is anything so volatile in coffee that it would damage the coatings.
Message edited by author 2007-07-09 19:54:13. |
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