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how to clean the fingerprint on the lens

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:24 am
by maplegu
I left some fingerprint on the lens by mistake. Is it necessary to clean?
If so, how to clean them, with what kind of tools?


Thanks a lot

Re: how to clean the fingerprint on the lens

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:57 pm
by ukexpat
maplegu wrote:I left some fingerprint on the lens by mistake. Is it necessary to clean?
If so, how to clean them, with what kind of tools?


Thanks a lot


Go to your local camera shop and get a lens cleaning cloth. Do you not use a regular tissue. tea towel of handerkerchief and certainly do not use any of those lens cleaning fluids.

Also buy yourself a skylight or UV filter of the appropriate size for your lens and leave it on the lens all the time. It will form a barrier between you and other external objects and the lens and is much cheaper to replace than the lens or the whole camera...