Best way to clean front and back lens elements

[NewbieNeil]

I've always wondered if I'm doing it right!

I'm not interested in a discussion about UV or protector filters (the same question would apply to cleaning a filter), but how do you clean your front (and less frequently, your rear ) elements?

Back in the days when I shot film, I used a blower brush, lens tissue and lens cleaning fluid.

These days, I am blowing off any dust using my breath, then misting up the lens by breathing on it, and then gently wiping it with a cloth from an optician, which I am scrupulous about keeping grit-free.

Any other top tips, or do you guys remove smudges and dust in the same way?

Thanks

Neil

 

[Martyn...]

Rocket blower the front element, occasionally, wet clean with Baadder Optical Wonder when it is covered in pollen or other stuck on debris.

Never felt the need to clean a rear element, a bit of dust will not have any effect on the image anyway, see this LINK for an example of how bad they can get

 

[NewbieNeil]

Thanks Martyn - I'll check out that product.

Any other opinions or advice from others?

Thanks

Neil

 

[magicaxeman]

Neil try the baader optical wonder cloth as well, I've used them ever since they came out over here on camera's, lenses, telescopes, eyepieces and my glasses and I still have the original bottle of wonder fluid, a little really goes a long way.

Baader wonder fluid/cloth here

 

[NewbieNeil]

Thanks Ian as well. I've just ordered the cloth, cleaning fluid and new air blower online.

Neil

 

[petersmart]

Personally I use a UV filter on the front - if I see no evidence that it impairs the optical quality of the lens - and if a lens or filter needs cleaning I just use soft toilet tissue very very occasionally.

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[Soda Farl]

I just use a lenspen.

 

[Flashman]

Soft brush first then a disposable optical lens tissue with a squirt of ROR.