Cleaning cloths for lenses

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What do you use to clean your lenses, not so much chemicals but cloths? Any recommendations.

Many thanks.

Lisa
 
Whatever tshirt I'm wearing.
 
pec pads and eclipse fluid.
 
Spudz Lens Cleaning Cloths, superb little things, plus it's 18% grey (not that I've ever used it for that, but my geeky side is happy that it is ;) )

Edit, Oh yeah, as above, used in combo with lenspen (cloth good to get rid of rain etc, the lenspen for a spotless finish)
 
Pentax microfiber cloths are excellent - they wash in the machine DO NOT IRON THEM
(and this is comming from an ex Optician / spectacle maker who has cleaned 100,000's of lenses)

I use pentax cloths in the field, and pec pads with eclipse in my office

If you can get hold of it, a tin of "soloution 30" is absolutley the best lens cleaner avail on the market (try an optical lab) They do 3 sizes - "last a lifetime" medium, and camera bagged size
 
The Kodak microfibre cloth I nicked from the wife for cleaning her glasses :lol:
 
Thanks. I've just ordered a lenspen, they look good. :thumbs:

Lisa
 
I use the cleaning cloth that came with my iPhone :thumbs:
 
It's funny watching your mates faces when you clean a 1000 quid lens with a tee shirt.

Only ever cleaned them with whatever I'm wearing.
 
walk into specsavers and tell them you brought a pair of specs from them recently and was wondering if they had any free lens cloths and soft glasses cases available as you seem to have miss placed the ones you got on the day.. they should give you a couple of cloths designed for cleaning lenses and also a neat little case to keep them in...It's what I do on regular basis. :thumbs:
 
I have a microfibre cloth in my bag for lenses. I use my t-shirt for cleaning the LCD screen if I'm in a hurry. I never need to clean my lenses that often so I always opt for the soft cloth.
 
PerfectSpeed said:
It's funny watching your mates faces when you clean a 1000 quid lens with a tee shirt.
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It'll be even funnier one day when you realise there was a speck of grit on your shirt and you've ground it into your £1000 lens.

At LensesForHire we only use throwaway tissues for cleaning lenses. Out of the box, wipe the lens, throw it away. Use two or three tissues if it's stubborn. Anything else risks transferring dust or grit from the cloth onto the lens.
 
StewartR said:
It'll be even funnier one day when you realise there was a speck of grit on your shirt and you've ground it into your £1000 lens.

At LensesForHire we only use throwaway tissues for cleaning lenses. Out of the box, wipe the lens, throw it away. Use two or three tissues if it's stubborn. Anything else risks transferring dust or grit from the cloth onto the lens.
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Just normal tissues like the ones you get from Tescos?
 
+1 for lenspen.

I HATE with a passion micro fibre cloths, I've tried 5 or 6 different brands and they always leave fibres on the lens, so very annoying!

I'm shocked at how many people use TShirts! don't you worry about rubbing dirt and grime into your lens?
 
T-shirts work surprisingly well though as Phobic says you need to make sure you don't rub any grime or dirt onto your lens. I personally use a lenspen combined with 2 microfibre cloths. One slightly softer than the other.
 
Rizla papers. Two or three scrunched up, no fluff, no residue.
 
Phobic said:
I'm shocked at how many people use TShirts! don't you worry about rubbing dirt and grime into your lens?
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Same here! Does no-one ever use a blower to rid of any specks before rubbing with a cloth? Or are lens coatings a lot tougher than they used to be?
 
I carry a bright pink micro fibre cloth with me, in my bag, it folds up to a tiny space anyway.

Other than that, rizzla (or however you spell it) papers, as suggested in practical photography, are great. Scrunch a paper up (they're really soft anyway) breathe on your lens and wipe gently - worked for me many times, lol
 
You gotta be careful with the microfibre cloths because by they are designed to make sure that the dust and dirt cling to the microfibres and stay there. They're extremely efficient at doing this, so I'd definately keep them in a little plastic bag and not just in the camera bag where they can mop up all the stray bits of dirt for you to smear all over your lovely lens, making sure that you boil them after every couple of cleans or so (washing them with detergents apparently hinders their performance :thumbs:
 
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