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Lens cleaning
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Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul |
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"Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul There are usually tiny bits of material on a hanky that can scratch the coating. The accumulated scratches will be worse than the dirt. |
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"Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul There are usually tiny bits of material on a hanky that can scratch the coating. The accumulated scratches will be worse than the dirt. |
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"Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul There are usually tiny bits of material on a hanky that can scratch the coating. The accumulated scratches will be worse than the dirt. |
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if the camera has the mount get a filter for it so you scratch the filter.
I found the moist lens cleaners made for plastic eyeglass lenses seem to work pretty well. They look like wet naps! Wayne "Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul |
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A clean hanky is perfect. They're soft cotton, and will do no harm. Your
breath is just condensed moisture, and would not carry any contaminants. Take a shot of Jack Daniels, before breathing on the lens, for those really stubborn spots! You do have to be careful about rubbing the lens however, as particles on the lens could scratch it. They recommend you use a camels hair brush. Preferably from a camel that hasn't spent too much time in the desert. Bill Crocker "Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul |
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Years ago I was a photography student and had the time to use a proper lens
kit....as a working photojournalist I don't have that time. I keep a protective skylight filter on all lenses and wipe them with my tee-shirt when necessary. I buy a new protective filter as necessary...about every year....and that is mostly from big scratches...not the little ones from cleaning. (I don't use a lens cap as too often I forget to take it off and miss the first and usually best shot. "Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul |
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Years ago I was a photography student and had the time to use a proper lens
kit....as a working photojournalist I don't have that time. I keep a protective skylight filter on all lenses and wipe them with my tee-shirt when necessary. I buy a new protective filter as necessary...about every year....and that is mostly from big scratches...not the little ones from cleaning. (I don't use a lens cap as too often I forget to take it off and miss the first and usually best shot. "Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul |
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Years ago I was a photography student and had the time to use a proper lens
kit....as a working photojournalist I don't have that time. I keep a protective skylight filter on all lenses and wipe them with my tee-shirt when necessary. I buy a new protective filter as necessary...about every year....and that is mostly from big scratches...not the little ones from cleaning. (I don't use a lens cap as too often I forget to take it off and miss the first and usually best shot. "Paul Westwell" wrote in message ... Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... is the damage already done? Regards, Paul |
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Paul Westwell wrote:
Hi all. Having recently purchased a Fuji S5000 I was telling someone how I clean my lens How often do you clean your lens??? It should need cleaning only rarely. Few lenses are ever damaged. Lenses and not as sensitive as they were many years ago. However I am going to guess that more lenses are damaged by cleaning than by anything else. Almost all of that cleaning is excessive cleaning. by breathing on it and wiping it with my hanky to which they responded with panic! Given a clean hanky, not one that has been in your pocket with loose change and who knows what for three weeks is fine. The safest leaning would be a puff of clean dry air, as from a clean ear syringe. Next would be a clean camel hair brush. Your method is good (a true lens cleaning tissue, used once and discarded would be better) for smudges etc that will not come off with the air or brush. In any case, don't clean unless it is really needed. I don't subscribe to the "protective filter" thing many people and almost all camera salespeople try to say is necessary but decide for yourself. Am I likely to do any harm, are their coatings really that delicate... No, no lens made today uses the kind of soft glass and coatings that started all this fear. I might add that even back in the old days, the "damage" did not really do much real damage. It is mostly worry and not fact. is the damage already done? Not likely. Regards, Paul -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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