Lens cleaning - cotton VS microfiber

syncmaster · 14th May 2002

http://www.calotherm.co.uk/opt.htm

After of two months of ownership i deside to clean my lence of the Oly C2100 .

Lucky me , i was had one original calotherm product ,but as long i started to use my breath as cleaning floid , the lence got blured ,and the calotherm product could not help to make it shine again,and as last solution i use simple white cotton on it ,and it become 100% clear and shine .

The question is why we do not use simple cotton ,and we throw money in cleaning pens and microfiber materials ??

syncmaster · 16th May 2002

Bump !!

No one haves opinion over this question ..

I do not believe this

Kho King · 16th May 2002

I use cutton (cutton bud) together with micro fibre cloth. I find micro fibre cloth better than cutton as it leaves no hair/strings around the corner. Micro fibre cloth is always needed in my last step of cleaning lenses.

Where do you get the calotherm product? Throw away yours?

syncmaster · 17th May 2002

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Originally posted by Kho King
Where do you get the calotherm product?

One friend from UK ,give it to me ,he was doing in Greece summer vacations .

syncmaster · 27th May 2002

Ok only two persons in this forum clean theyr lenses .

what all the others of you are using , rain water ?

hone:

Mickey · 27th May 2002

Tryed lens tissue before? I'm using it to clean
my 707 lens, the result is not bad.

Got the lens tissue frm US to clean objective.

Barrios · 27th May 2002

Lens tissues and cotton cloths sucked for me. Streaks and smudges can never be eliminated. Essilor microfibre cloth seems to be my answer. Heard Canon is also using this. How true it is, I don't really know.

Essilor microfibre cloth is available in most optical shops.

kylelam77 · 27th May 2002

or maybe can use oakley carrier bag to clean the lenses......

Richard · 27th May 2002

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Originally posted by syncmaster
Ok only two persons in this forum clean theyr lenses .

what all the others of you are using , rain water ? hone:

T-shirts, whatever's available. :P

ckiang · 27th May 2002

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Originally posted by Richard

T-shirts, whatever's available. :P

That's not too bad, I've heard people who use saliva as lens cleaning solution......

Regards
CK

Richard · 27th May 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by ckiang

That's not too bad, I've heard people who use saliva as lens cleaning solution......

Regards
CK

Yeah, that works too.

Aiyah, when you shooting event, where got time to take out lens solution and wipe nicely...

ckiang · 27th May 2002

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Originally posted by Richard

Yeah, that works too.

Aiyah, when you shooting event, where got time to take out lens solution and wipe nicely...

Fastest way: remove the stained UV filter in front.

Regards
CK

syncmaster · 28th May 2002

The funny part is that OLYMPUS does not promote any offisial Lens cleaning solution or cleaning products .

Does that have to do ,with the danger that the user is possible to over doing it and damage the lens .

So OLYMPUS does not like to feel responsible ?

munfai · 28th May 2002

i find that my micro-fibre cloth doesn't work that well anymore. need to get a new piece i guess.

on the other hand lens tissue is excellent at removing water stains, far better than micro-fibre. my only worry is that it will scratch the glass, and remove the coating.

Kho King · 28th May 2002

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Originally posted by munfai
i find that my micro-fibre cloth doesn't work that well anymore. need to get a new piece i guess.

You can wash the micro fibre cloth...and reuse it again.

syncmaster · 29th May 2002

The truth is that i have wash my calotherm fiber cloth too , as i was using it on sun glasses for years .

And i will agree that a good wash , will make it shine again .
Also with the help of one scissor ,you can cut just the ends ,and make it perfect ,if there is a problem with the fibers .

14th May 2002	#1
syncmaster Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 438	Lens cleaning - cotton VS microfiber http://www.calotherm.co.uk/opt.htm After of two months of ownership i deside to clean my lence of the Oly C2100 . Lucky me , i was had one original calotherm product ,but as long i started to use my breath as cleaning floid , the lence got blured ,and the calotherm product could not help to make it shine again,and as last solution i use simple white cotton on it ,and it become 100% clear and shine . The question is why we do not use simple cotton ,and we throw money in cleaning pens and microfiber materials ?? __________________ Olympus C2100 + A200 + Manfrotto . Last edited by syncmaster; 16th May 2002 at 09:13 AM.

16th May 2002	#2
syncmaster Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 438	Bump !! No one haves opinion over this question .. I do not believe this __________________ Olympus C2100 + A200 + Manfrotto .

16th May 2002	#3
Kho King Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,799	I use cutton (cutton bud) together with micro fibre cloth. I find micro fibre cloth better than cutton as it leaves no hair/strings around the corner. Micro fibre cloth is always needed in my last step of cleaning lenses. Where do you get the calotherm product? Throw away yours? __________________ KOH KHO KING http://ShaShinKi.com ~ Malaysia Online Camera Shop! :cool:

27th May 2002	#5
syncmaster Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 438	Ok only two persons in this forum clean theyr lenses . what all the others of you are using , rain water ? hone: __________________ Olympus C2100 + A200 + Manfrotto .

28th May 2002	#13
syncmaster Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 438	The funny part is that OLYMPUS does not promote any offisial Lens cleaning solution or cleaning products . Does that have to do ,with the danger that the user is possible to over doing it and damage the lens . So OLYMPUS does not like to feel responsible ? __________________ Olympus C2100 + A200 + Manfrotto .

27th May 2002	#6
Mickey Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 124	Tryed lens tissue before? I'm using it to clean my 707 lens, the result is not bad. Got the lens tissue frm US to clean objective.

27th May 2002	#7
Barrios Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 758	Lens tissues and cotton cloths sucked for me. Streaks and smudges can never be eliminated. Essilor microfibre cloth seems to be my answer. Heard Canon is also using this. How true it is, I don't really know. Essilor microfibre cloth is available in most optical shops.

27th May 2002	#8
kylelam77 Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Central Posts: 354	or maybe can use oakley carrier bag to clean the lenses......

28th May 2002	#14
munfai Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,313	i find that my micro-fibre cloth doesn't work that well anymore. need to get a new piece i guess. on the other hand lens tissue is excellent at removing water stains, far better than micro-fibre. my only worry is that it will scratch the glass, and remove the coating.

29th May 2002	#16
syncmaster Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 438	The truth is that i have wash my calotherm fiber cloth too , as i was using it on sun glasses for years . And i will agree that a good wash , will make it shine again . Also with the help of one scissor ,you can cut just the ends ,and make it perfect ,if there is a problem with the fibers . __________________ Olympus C2100 + A200 + Manfrotto .