Best cleaning kit?

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Im looking to get a nice dslr lens cleaning kit for a decent price. What's everyone using and what would you recommend?
 
I use rizla papers on the glass, only thing I can get totaly lint free
 
Really? Oh wow, hubby has loads of those around the house (rolled cigs, not weed!) doesn't scratch the lens?
 
Never have on me, im sure if you ball them up and press hard maybe

I use a tiny bit of breath and a flat paper on the glass, cheap and easy to packin your bag
 
Good tip! Totally not what I expected to see but great to know. Thanks.
 
I'm sure others will total disagree and shout not to do it, but they are the only lint free item I can find, even items advertised a lint and dust free, never are 100%

It works for me Iv been doing it for years
 
Lens tissue you buy is the same as rizzla paper, so why not!
I use lenspens which work well, but not all that cheap. I paid £11 for 3, but the store cocked up and did them cheap for me.
 
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 cleaner to realise its probably not safe for my camera!
 
I would recommend a glass cleaning kit from Boots or any other chemist, which contains a microfibre cloth (will not scratch the lens), cleaning solution (never spray straight on to the lens, just on to the cloth), and costs around £5.
You could also add a lens pen and blower for when you are out and about.
 
I personally use compressed air cans. Then use a lens pen if it's really mucky. Obviously try your best to keep the lens clean in the first place but accidents do happen.

The air will blow off all the dust and debris, the lens pen only comes into use if there are finger prints and other stubborn residue.

I'm using ones I got off Amazon here

PC World/Maplin charges £12.99/£9.99!!!

Only caution is if you ever do use compressed air is to not spray it upside down as it will come out as liquid Butane that can damage lenses. Also prior to spraying give it a quick squirt in the air to get rid of the liquid built up from storage.

Hope that helps!
 
Don't worry about the front element to much, you can't focus on it, but for some reason the rear you can.
The dirt on the sensor is just were light doesn't fall,at very high apertures.
 
Rocket blower, Lenspen and a good quality microfibre cloth seem to do the trick for me. Then again I don't get mine that dirty as a rule, I've not had mine out in the wet yet or anywhere very dusty. I did get a nose print from a Lemur a while back when he got too close to my lens but after a quick polish up with a cloth it was back to usual.
 
My order is,

blow the dust off
Brush of bits that didn't move
Blow again
Wipe with rizla

All clean
 
andy700 said:
I would recommend a glass cleaning kit from Boots or any other chemist, which contains a microfibre cloth (will not scratch the lens), cleaning solution (never spray straight on to the lens, just on to the cloth), and costs around £5.
You could also add a lens pen and blower for when you are out and about.
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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...?
 
awhite823 said:
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...?
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Sorry, I should have been more specific, it is the cleaner used for eye glasses, so bearing in mind the importance of not damaging the lenses, and the fact that eye glass lenses are made from differing materials - glass, polycarbonate, I think it should be OK. As I said before, never spray the stuff directly on to the lens, just a little on the microfibre cloth will do. I would also use a rocket blower before doing this, just to make sure that any fine particles are removed, so that they do not end up as an abrasive when you wipe the glass.
 
andy700 said:
Sorry, I should have been more specific, it is the cleaner used for eye glasses, so bearing in mind the importance of not damaging the lenses, and the fact that eye glass lenses are made from differing materials - glass, polycarbonate, I think it should be OK. As I said before, never spray the stuff directly on to the lens, just a little on the microfibre cloth will do. I would also use a rocket blower before doing this, just to make sure that any fine particles are removed, so that they do not end up as an abrasive when you wipe the glass.
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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!
 
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