Your practice mirrors mine, with the exception that I will wipe off a
camera used near salt spray or high-flying grit after use.
Godfrey
On Mar 21, 2006, at 3:54 AM, Bob Shell wrote:
Rear lens elements should hardly ever be cleaned. Same with
sensors. Most amateur photographers clean their lenses far more
often than necessary. A little dust on the front of a lens isn't
going to hurt anything, and cleaning too often always risks
scratching. I clean the front elements of my lenses maybe once a
year or so unless I notice a big glob of something stuck to one. I
wipe the outside of lenses and cameras occasionally with microfiber
cloths. That's it. As for front lens caps, I don't even know
where the front caps for most of my lenses are. I always have a
proper lens hood on every lens, though.
