Lens cleaning fluid, recommendations

[snusmumriken]

There have been numerous good threads about lens cleaning here on Photrio. I recommend you do a search on 'Lens cleaning' in 'Threads' and check 'Title only'.

 

[GLS]

Eclipse cleaning fluid + PEC pads.

 

[eli griggs]

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.

 

[Shaps]

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.

 

[wiltw]

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.

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...

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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!