Cleaning the lens

[Trumple]

Hello,

I took my UV filter off today and noticed a mark on the lens. I took the filter off very carefully so I am sure it wasn't made by me touching it! It looks like an oily fingerprint mark, so I wanted to try and clean it off. What do you recommend using for cleaning the lens? Searching the internet seems to suggest using lens paper, microfibre cloths, or "lens pens". These seem suited to larger lenses on DSLRs and such, so I was wondering what everyone here was planning to use to clean their lenses


Thanks!

 

[msinger]

I've been using the Nikon Lens Pen to clean mine.

 

[Trumple]

I've been using this pen to clean mine:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...Code=as2&tag=ph079-20&linkId=RMGKWJWUZZEM3TSK

Thanks - lens pen seems to be a simple way to go. I'm worried about the cheap knockoffs that are all over Amazon, and the reports of the excess carbon residue. Is this a problem with your pen? Is the carbon easy to remove?

Thanks

 

[snerd]

I use what I use on my cameras.............. Eclipse and a microfiber cloth.

http://www.amazon.com/Photographic-...35119419&sr=1-1&keywords=eclipse+lens+cleaner

ETA: Oop's, sorry! That's what I clean the sensors with. My lens cleaner is Purosol.

http://www.amazon.com/Purosol-Natur...119594&sr=1-5&keywords=lens+cleaning+solution

 

[msinger]

I'm worried about the cheap knockoffs that are all over Amazon

I've had no trouble with mine. Buy from a reputable seller -- like at my above link.

 

[DBS]

Then a decent lens cap for storage to keep the dust off... I grabbed this one and it works like a champ!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251976929619

 

[AirApparent]

I have used the Nikon lens pens for other cameras and seemed to work fine. I will probably try and use this on my bird when I get it.

 

[happydays]

I wear glasses - as you can see from the left. I find the absolute best thing for cleaning my specs is a pair of socks! I'm sure I'll be slammed from all sides, but they're soft enough and get rid of all the gunk. Easy.

 

[tcope]

I wear glasses - as you can see from the left. I find the absolute best thing for cleaning my specs is a pair of socks! I'm sure I'll be slammed from all sides, but they're soft enough and get rid of all the gunk. Easy.

Connor, no offense but I don't see how you get your foot all the way up to your head in order to do this. It just does not seem practical.

 

[happydays]

Connor, no offense but I don't see how you get your foot all the way up to your head in order to do this. It just does not seem practical.

I unscrew the leg just below the knee. How did you not see that?

 

[tcope]

I unscrew the leg just below the knee. How did you not see that?

Sorry. With one glass eye and rx glasses my vision is just not what it once was.


(ahhh, did not see THAT one coming, did you!)