-
Join the MyBroadband community
South Africa’s biggest forum. Discuss, discover, and connect with thousands of members.
-
Question of the Day: How frequently are you watching FIFA World Cup 2026 matches?
Lens cleaners?
- Thread starter Techrat
- Start date
SubliminalThought
Senior Member
Those are normally micro-fibre cloths. They work very well. Find them easily in the house cleaning aisle at your Pick 'n Pay or Checkers.
Take care though, since there are cheapies too, which still leave fluff befind. I found this when comparing 2 different types bought at PnP for cleaning my LCD's. I'd look for something more dedicated to cameras
Why so sceptical? It's just like using lens paper [except it's ubiquitous]. Use once - discard. Not like a lens cloth or anything else you use repeatedly. Like Koffie the only 'fluid' I use is my condensed breath.
'Cos it seems like a flunky old wives tale.
But if you say so...maybe I'll try it sometime. Are they really really safe? Has anyone tried any of the blue or silver papers? (They are much thinner, they wouldn't be as absorbent so might not work well.)That must be the reason I found Rizla papers in my Dad's old camera case, must be...
Last edited:
sdd
Expert Member
I clean my lenses with the "Lens Brush" ... works like a bomb ... and always easy to find in my camera bag ... unlike cloths that disappear on me all teh time. I painted my with neon nail polish so I can locate it easily .....
Last edited:
I've heard nothing to the contrary. I've tried the other weights of paper and the red/orange packs are also easier to find (both in shops and in my bag). Remember they're cheap so you dont have to be - IOW dont reuse them. If you wanted to be dragging yesterdays dust across your glass you'd be using a cloth or one of those other multi-use devices.'Cos it seems like a flunky old wives tale.
That must be the reason I found Rizla papers in my Dad's old camera case, must be...
Just keep in mind that if you are planning on using moisture be careful with the glue strip. Maybe even tear it off. It wont damage the lens, just give you something else you have to clean off.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
How do you find the different types? I bought some of the white ones in the US, and they seem too hard and smooth - don't work as well as the red ones.
Any cigarette shop in london is bound to have at least two types on their shelves - usually the red and the blue ones.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
I know. Unfortunately I was not in London at the time. This was in DC, a tobacconist of all places - I expected that they would have a variety. But no, that's all they had.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Any head shop is bound to have a plethora - maybe even some of the ones without glue.
Sensors have a glass coating
but of course, a scratch on that glass is a disaster.
And there I was thinking it was the separate low pass filter that was being cleaned.Sensors have a glass coating
Tried the Rizzla papers on our streaky-looking lens this morning, with a few huffed breaths. After a few passes using single wipe motions with double-folded papers, I still saw some streaks on the lens. So I went and got a lens pen and that cleaned the lens fantastically, combined with breathing on the lens.
Ja, they work pretty well I must say.
Has anyone tried different brands of Lenspen? I have a thing about getting the Lenspen named one but are they all the same or not? Just don't want to get some inferior generic that messes up the lens.
Anyone know of anywhere around JHB that has the "official" ones in stock?
Anyone know of anywhere around JHB that has the "official" ones in stock?
sdd
Expert Member
greg_SA
Expert Member
Inca Lenspen is the real one. They work great