lens cleaning? (newbie)

kayaksurfbum

whats best to clean a lens.

TelePaul

'Hawww' is best for cleaning a lense....it's when you breath on the lense and your breath amkes that 'hawww' sound Seriosuly, it works well with a handkerchief or a cloth from a glasses case.

You sure it's the lens that's dusty? Dust could be on the mirror if its a 35mm SLR.

ThOnda

Microfibre cloth and fresh breath, pure water or distilled water.
NEVER use any cleaning liquid (fairy) or in the worst case any alcohol.

Ideo

i use one of those little cloths that come with reading glasses and put a drop of lens cleaning fluid directly on the cloth. does the job!

ThOnda

I use the huuuuge micrfibre cloth for washing windows. And cloth for my glasses too.
The "Lense Cleaning Liquid" is distilled water. But it is in a bottle to make it more expensive :-P

Mantel

I've found the 'Haaawwwww' and the end of my T-Shirt to be quite good.

Idealy you'll want some netrual, soft water to put on the least abrasive cloth you can find, something like they use for eye augments (glasses)

ThOnda

And one more thing - Always clean only UV filter witch is on your lense

kayaksurfbum

thanks for that. not as hi tech as i imagined!

I keep getting my fingers on the lens leaving big paw prints on it.