Your Favorite Lens Cleaning Items?

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon

07/18/2005 04:44:28 PM · #1

Anyone have any lens cleaning items that they are really in love with? (i.e. certain cleaning packages, solution, cloths, etc.)

Just curious what people are using :)

Dave

CorySmith

07/18/2005 04:45:32 PM · #2

thats like asking who has a favorite job application question

Tranquil

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

07/18/2005 04:46:40 PM · #3

Lenspen's ain't too shabby... although you need to use the brush side very sparingly.

Microfiber cloths are okay too.

:)

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

07/18/2005 04:46:50 PM · #4

LOL...true, but I'm still curious :)

Canon EOS-60D

07/18/2005 04:47:13 PM · #5

I use a little microfiber cloth I bought at a local camera store for like 4 bucks... and when I need to clean the filters and lens with something more powerful, yet even cheaper, I use some Zeiss pre-moistened lens cleaning cloths I found at Wal-Mart in the optical department. 100 in a box, for $2.97. I also use a lenspen on occasion.

Message edited by author 2005-07-18 16:47:36.

07/18/2005 04:50:24 PM · #6

thanks all :)!

happy shooting,
dave

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

07/18/2005 04:51:27 PM · #7

Fetor - Nice pigtails....LOL!

CorySmith

07/18/2005 04:55:13 PM · #8

Originally posted by rasdub:

Fetor - Nice pigtails....LOL!

thanks :-D

Spork99

OM System OM-1

07/18/2005 05:00:09 PM · #9

I like to start with some 3M 80 grit belts on my belt sander and go from there.

jtf6agent

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/18/2005 06:23:32 PM · #10

I shouldn't be saying this but, my shirt tail works great. Yeah I know but in a pinch whataya gonna do.

notonline

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/18/2005 06:47:56 PM · #11

I like 50 grit sand paper as I find it takes all scum off with ease unlike the 200 grit that takes time and effort.

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/18/2005 06:50:04 PM · #12

Well, with all the talk about non-scratch surfaces on our lenses, and how hard it actually is to scratch the lens, and how UV filters are protection are pointless, I've adopted the method of just using my shirt. It's pretty effective, and doesn't scratch the lens at all.

edit: the guy before me is obviously joking, but I'm being serious.

Message edited by author 2005-07-18 18:50:49.

tomlewis1980

Canon EOS-10D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/18/2005 06:57:06 PM · #13

I agree with David, I figure that it's the dirt on the lens that would scratch the surface not whatever you use to clean it off (within reason), so I have long since given up on a lens pen and use my shirt too.

Message edited by author 2005-07-18 18:57:40.

jtf6agent

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/18/2005 07:17:47 PM · #14

I was at a baseball game for the Padres here in San Diego and seen the gut from ESPN Magazine clean his lens off with his shirt. I wasn't joking I really do use my shirt. I clean my nose hands and anything else that needs to be cleaned with it. It's the all purpose cleaner

Jewellian

Pentax *ist DL

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

07/18/2005 07:49:56 PM · #15

I thought jeans were the all purpose cleaner? I usually use a microfiber cloth for fingerpirnts and smudges, but for dust and lint, I use whatever's handy.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

07/18/2005 07:56:34 PM · #16

I guess I'm just anal, but I refrain from cleaning in the field unless I really have to. I don't clean at all, unless it's really necessary, in fact. When I do go to clean the front element, I first blow all the loose dust off, then wet a folded pec pad with eclipse (actually HPLC-grade Methanol) and gently wipe in a radial direction. Refold the pad, wipe again. I don't use finger pressure at all, just the pressure from bending the folded pad a bit.

LoudDog

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

07/18/2005 08:10:58 PM · #17

I'm with the T-shirt gang.

coolhar

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

07/18/2005 08:33:41 PM · #18

Depending on the severity of the dirt, I use -
bulb blower
microfiber cloth
microfiber cloth and my breath to moisten
microfiber cloth and Eclipse solution

I have found Lenspens to leave a residue but do still carry one in my bag for emergencies. I wish they would have put a cover on the brush end.

shadow

Sony DSC-W1

07/18/2005 08:41:08 PM · #19

t-shirt