Les Jones

I clean my lens every week or so with a clean, super soft cloth (alot of photographers would kill me for this but I save the shoe polishing cloths from higher end hotels and use those).
Whatever you do, don't use alcohol wipes, they'll remove the coatings from the lens.

Every week? Wow. I've had this camera for a year and a half, and I've never once cleaned the lens.

When I saw JustLisa last weekend I noticed she cleaned her lens before she took any pictures. I guess I need to change my habits.

I'll try the lenscloth. Thanks.

I have a bad habit of cleaning my lens with my shirt. NOT GOOD! Thankfully, Todd is smarter than I and immediately bought lens covers for all of my lenses so if I am scratching anything, it's only the cheap glass cover and not the coated lens. If you do get a digital SLR, and you should, then be sure to get good lens filters/covers.

This is what Christopher has attached to his camera strap. Bought it at Bass Pro last year and it works great. I think his may be a cheaper brand than Red Head but it's the same concept and quite handy.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=55329&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

See how I just gave you an excuse to go back to Bass Pro Shops? I'd offer to meet you there again but I need a year to rest up. ha!

Thanks, Lisa.

Looking back I think I was taking a laissez faire approach because I was afraid of messing up the lens or coating.

Result: my lens looks like the toilet in the bar scene of Desperado.