At 02:08 8/4/02, you wrote:
WHo uses the microfiber cloths on thier lenses? The idea of using and
re-using the same cloth on my lens scares me. What if it picked up some
grit on the last use?
thoughts?
Charles
The lens should be brushed off thoroughly to remove "grit" first!!
If there is stuff still stuck to it, some lens cleaning fluid and applying
it to the tissue or cloth, *not* the lens, should be used *gently* to
remove it. Pouring lens cleaning fluid directly onto a lens element is a
good method to get cleaning fluid inside the lens where it can dry and
leave some very nice spots that cannot be removed without lens
disassembly. Dry microfiber cloths are suitable for removing things such
as fingerprints, not dirt. Most "cleaning marks" are from people using
things such as their dry shirt tails and scrubbing lenses clean with them.
Me? I skip all the fussy stuff and go straight to the Brillo pad method.
-- John
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