Hi Tom, I've always used a very soft brush to remove dust from my lenses. The thing is, dust is all there ever is as I always have a filter on all of my lenses except for occasional studio shots. I guess it was something I heard/learnt when I started, but it means that all I ever have to clean are my filters (and they DO get dirty - mud, oil, blood, saliva etc. ) For them I use a microfibre. I thought everyone had a UV or Skylight on when venturing outside, and only took them off to put on another filter. Cheers, Simon
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Reese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 6 July 2004 3:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: lens cleaning I've been using a very soft brush for the dust etc and then using a microfiber cloth to clean the raindrop marks etc. Does anyone have any other methods that they use? Is the microfiber cloth slowly wiping away my SMC? Should I be using that lens cleaner liquid stuff? Should I be using a lens cleaner pen (rubbing an eraser across the front of my lens seems like a bad idea)? Are those lens cleaning tissues to be avoided? Is Frank Theriault really an RCMP undercover agent? Will Cesar ever completely corner the LX market (and cause the extinction of 45 different species of reptiles)? Will John Mustarde ever be assigned to cover the hot dog eating championship? Will the London fog ever clear enough for Cotty to learn what depth of field means? These questions (and many others) will (hopefully some of them anyway) be answered on the next episode of PDML. Tom Reese
