Lens Cloths
Lens cloths? You need them. We all hate to touch our lenses which
is why so many of us use clear or UV filters on every lens. Let
those filters get dirty. We can always buy another filter, but if we
scratch the lens, there is no remedy. Still, you need something
around that those-in-charge tell us is safe to touch the lenses with.
Micro-fiber cloths are easy to come by and various products keep
giving me free ones. But how do I know that once I have used
these cloths they have not picked up some piece of sand that will
scratch the lens the next time I use it. I don’t. That is why I buy
packs of certified lens cleaning tissue by Tiffen or Adorama and
what I use most are called Pec-Pads and they come 100 in a
package, each 4”x4”.
You use one and you throw it away. You don’t put it on the shelf
because you can’t see anything wrong with it and use it again. You
toss it out.
There are dozens of lens-cleaning tutorials on the Internet. Just
Google for “How to Clean A Camera Lens” and read carefully.