how do you clean your lenses?

[Dwig]

Step #1, of course, is to meticuliously clean the lens cap(s). You don't want to dump dust and grit from a dirty cap onto a cleaned lens.

 

[CMur12]

I'm not sure which of the items listed in the poll would be most accurate for me.


I blow dust off the lens and inside of the lens cap with a large bulb blower.


I breathe onto a lens tissue or micro-fiber cloth and onto the lens, then gently wipe the lens. I haven't needed to use lens cleaning fluid in many years, and I'm not sure I even have any around.


- Murray

 

[pagpow]

I was interested to see how few people mentioned ROR (Residual Oil Remover). Is that because it is relatively unknown, other people are careful never to get oils on their lenses, or people know something I don't about ROR?

 

[Phil_F_NM]

While I replied early in the thread that I use very fine sand (the most I have used is Iraqi sand) I also occasionally use straight up concrete and simply drop the camera on it.
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Phil Forrest

 

[pgk]

I remember watching a sports photographer at Silverstone many years ago. First he extracted a Nikon F2 camera from his bag; no body cap so he blew the dust out with a good lungfull. He then removed a 300mm Nikkor; no caps, fitted it to the body and then scrubbed the front element 'clean' using his tie (I wondered why he was wearing one).

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