Lens cleaning fluid, recommendations

eli griggs

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When I need to clean a glass lens, "Eclipse" and PEC pads, but mostly I keep protective filters on them, take the shot and, perhaps a soft brush/Air bulb before filter replacement.

Filters take most of the abuse, if needed for exposure or storage, and and even the high dollar types are cheaper to replace than a good lens, IMO.
 

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Zeis wipes in little foil packets are the way to go. You can easily cary 12 in your pocket. Cheap. Use once and put in garbage.
 

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Shaps said:
Zeis wipes in little foil packets are the way to go. You can easily cary 12 in your pocket. Cheap. Use once and put in garbage.
Click to expand...

Buyer beware...I wrote this a while back about multiple Zeiss products on the market...

Any good lens cleaning paper/tissue suggestions?

Recently I got some old japanese TLRs from a collector who passed away. Most of the TLRs were made between 1950-60s. Since the original owner's health gone bad in last 2 years, he could not manage to keep up the cameras condition. And now the cameras come to me and some of them seems...
www.photrio.com

And if you search now you find this link...https://www.zeiss.com/consumer-products/us/photography/lens-accessories/cleaning-products.html
which links you to the MSDS of two dozen different Zeiss products, NONE of which have only [alcohol + water]-only combination which the photographic division endorses!
 
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