In Need of a Good Lens Cleaner

[adambfarmer]

My 2 year old got her dirty little fingers ahold of my ND filters. I'm curious what is the best method to clean these? Any household stuff work or is there a cleaner out there that would be better?
I've got microfiber towels.


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[Patrick]

you can use a lint free cloth, but personally i use a lens cleaning pen to make sure i dont' scratch it.

 

[adambfarmer]

you can use a lint free cloth, but personally i use a lens cleaning pen to make sure i dont' scratch it.

I just looked at some lens cleaning pens. I'm going to order one. But I need something a little more heavy duty. Got some stuff caked on them. Do they scratch that easy?
Hope they're not ruined.


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[WetDog]

Dish soap, warm water, lint free cloth. I'm presuming your protege marked the lens cover - the clear protector than unscrews to show you the naked objective lens. If that's the case, unscrew it and soak it in a dilute solution of dish soap and water. Even if it is gunked on chocolate ice cream, it should loosen after time.

Worst case scenario and the cover is scratched - new ones are cheap.

 

[adambfarmer]

Dish soap, warm water, lint free cloth. I'm presuming your protege marked the lens cover - the clear protector than unscrews to show you the naked objective lens. If that's the case, unscrew it and soak it in a dilute solution of dish soap and water. Even if it is gunked on chocolate ice cream, it should loosen after time.

Worst case scenario and the cover is scratched - new ones are cheap.

Thanks. I'm going to try dawn. Its basically all six of my Polar Pro ND filters. That's not cheap for me. I paid $120. Thanks again.


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[Air Ontario]

That and then wipe with the microfibre should work.

 

[Patrick]

CamKix Professional Camera Cleaning Kit for DSLR and GoPro Cameras- Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony - Cleaning Tools and Accessories

$10.99 well worth it.

 

[WetDog]

Thanks. I'm going to try dawn. Its basically all six of my Polar Pro ND filters. That's not cheap for me. I paid $120. Thanks again.

ALL of them? Ouch. It could have been worse, I suppose. She could have tried to see why the gimbal won't rotate 360 degrees....

 

[Sinisalo]

I agree with the warm water comment, you don't necessarily need soap though, you may even want to soak them in a contact lens solution first. Let them air dry and use a lenspen or micro fiber cloth to finish it. I personally have something to blow the dust off if I need to in the field, a set of microfiber cloths, a lenspen, and a set of "Mobile Cloths". The mobile cloths are cool because they can wipe away oil from your tablet screen but I don't use them for my filters because they can leave small statically charged particles behind, not really noticeable on the tablet but on the filter it is a problem. The mobile cloths also allegedly wipe away bacteria sanitizing your display as well. You should use the bulb duster to blow away dust, then use the brush side of a lens pen to wipe away dust that won't blow away. Then use a micro fiber cloth to wipe away dust that won't brush away. Then use the lenspen to clean any oil/fingerprints off the lense.

 

[jephoto]

ROR lens cleaner. Best stuff ever. Been using it for several years on my camera lenses. Fantastic.
ROR Residual Oil Remover (2.0 oz) VV-ROR2 B&H Photo Video