Recent content by awhite823

Oh great. How would that happen? As I've said it's quite new and I really haven't used it that much.

Hi, tried several times with the blower and even with micro fibre cloth. No luck :/

It shows up no matter what the aperture is. Need to get hold of a blower and see if that sorts it out

I recently got a new canon 550D. Today I noticed while shooting some clouds three or four tiny black specs when I looked through the viewfinder. It was easy to see against the white clouds. As far as I can tell it doesn't show up in photos but I find it really distracting. This happened with my...

Yeah I did think you were talking about eye glasses cleaner. Just wanted to make sure it was safe. Will pick some up next time i'm at boots. Thanks!

Is just normal glass cleaner safe for a lens? The woman in the shop sold me screen cleaner (computers and TVs and camera LCD display) but im assuming that wouldn't be safe on a lens...?

Yeah I'll have to steal a pack of rolling papers from my husbands tobacco box. I recently bought a new dslr (rip to my old one) on impulse and was in a daze. Didn't realise that the saleswoman sold me screen cleaner rather than lens cleaner. Went to organise my bag last night and opened the...

Good tip! Totally not what I expected to see but great to know. Thanks.

Really? Oh wow, hubby has loads of those around the house (rolled cigs, not weed!) doesn't scratch the lens?

Im looking to get a nice dslr lens cleaning kit for a decent price. What's everyone using and what would you recommend?