how do you clean your lenses?

how do you clean your lenses?

  • lens tissue only

    Votes: 25 6.0%

  • lens tissue and lens cleaner (liquid)

    Votes: 83 20.0%

  • lens brush and/or air

    Votes: 63 15.2%

  • microfiber or similiar "new fangled" cloth

    Votes: 125 30.2%

  • whatever shirt you happen to have on

    Votes: 76 18.4%

  • i don't clean my lenses

    Votes: 42 10.1%
  • Total voters
    414
I wear glasses so I use my glasses cloth or sometimes a blower brush.

If they're really ditry I pop them in the washing machine; you have to be careful though I once left a 90mm in too long and it came out a 28mm.

😀
 
Rob F has it right. Air first, then brush, and stop unless there is stuff that will not come off like finger prints or something else.
 
I use a combination of methods.
Firstly, I always use a UV filter. I know that some will decry this, but it once saved my summilux from a beer bath on a 2 week camping trip. (but that's another story)
Before that goes on the lens, air followed by (damp) cleaning tissue- if needed.
Then the filter goes on, and after that any old T-shirt will do, with the following caveat:

All of my shirts are 100% cotton and well laundered, no fabric softener.
 
the virgins work great when i can find them, especially on good hair days. but they won't even look at my dSLR lenses ... what's with that?
 
Blower brush followed by newspaper wetted with glass cleaner, followed by dry newspaper. I use a light touch. Seems to work well.
 
Nothing fancy as panties; I use a microfiber cloth after blowing air on the front of the lens. If I see fingerprints on the lens, I use a lens cleaner for caoted lenses.
 
I try not to let my lenses get dirty.

When they have dust on them, I just blow it off - trying not to spit of course.

I do not obsessively clean my lenses - more lenses are ruined by cleaning than by dirt.

When I think they need it, I use the gentlest method that works.

From lightest touch to hardest:

1) my blowing on the lens.
2) light brush with lens brush.
3) microfiber cloth ('tiger cloth' from Kinetronics)
4) q-tip with a drop of ROR.

http://www.kinetronics.com/cgi-loca...er.html?L+scstore+lzkq8535ffcbf5cb+1219947484

http://www.ror.net/

I also clean my digital sensor with q-tip and ROR, which makes everyone around me insane with anger. I do not understand why. I refuse to pay a couple hundred dollars to get a speck of dust off a piece of glass. I'm just really careful.
 
ClaremontPhoto said:
Well-washed worn out girlfriend's panties.

The clean ones from her drawer, and put 'em back neat after.
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Your GF wears cotton panties... and you're bragging it up on the internet. I'm sure she will be pleased with that -- NOT. Why don't you be a nice guy and treat her right -- buy her some silk undies. You'll both probably enjoy them.
 
Permanet hoods have eliminate the need to clean my lenses. At most I use a manual blower if I see vissible particles. If there are spray marks or such, then I use a blower, brush, microfiber with cleaning fluid (or my breath) routine.
 
The top compartment of the dishwasher has a rack for small glasses cups etc which is ideal for lenses. On a fairly short cycle with a good quality streak free powder they come out looking a treat! 🙂
 
I usually grab a box of Kimwipes from the school science labs and a bottle of their microscope lens cleaning solution. I dont really like reusable cloths because after a while they accumulate all the dust, dirt, and oil that you wipe off your lenses and soon you're smearing oil all over your lenses instead of cleaning them!
 
I've been using this new "Lenspen" thing. It has a special compound on one end and a brush on the other. Works well. Like others here, I used to never touch the lensl, except when absolutely necessary and then would use optical fluid and lens paper. I like this new lenspen thing, and have had good results with it.
 
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