June 06, 2007

Photos > Dang, My Camera Lens is Filthy

I thought I was seeing some smudges in the birthday photos. Then I posted the Sunlight Gardens photos and man oh man is my lens dirty. You can see big smudges on the left and right edges of the photos.

How often do y'all clean your camera lens, and more importantly how do you do it? I think I've got a synthetic lens cloth from my optometrist around here somewhere.

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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.

Posted by: dave at June 06, 2007

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.

Posted by: Les Jones at June 07, 2007

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!

Posted by: Lisa at June 07, 2007

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.

Posted by: Les Jones at June 08, 2007
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