| Dirt on your DSLR lens is one of the main factors | | | | wind, and aim your camera to the floor to |
| that reduces the image quality of your photos. | | | | minimize the chance of dust getting inside. |
| Although some defects caused by small spots | | | | 4- Use a Blower |
| may be repairable in post processing, larger dirts | | | | Blowers can be used directly to the lens and also |
| most probably will probably make your photo | | | | inside of your camera. This is a very secure way |
| useless. Even a tiny stain that you haven't noticed | | | | of cleaning your lens since there is no physical |
| or ignored during the shoot out can ruin hours of | | | | contact with the glass, but on the other hand not |
| hard work at the end of the day. The most | | | | very effective as the others. |
| important fact that you have to consider before | | | | 5- Get a Lens Cleaning Fluid |
| cleaning your lens is to choose a proper method | | | | A small amount of alcohol based lens cleaning fluid |
| to make sure you don't scratch your lens surface. | | | | makes it eaiser to wipe oil, fingerprints and |
| Here we present 6 tips for you to effectively | | | | contaminants off your lens. Lens cleaning fluids are |
| clean (and keep clean) your DSLR lens without | | | | applied to your lens by the help of a cleaning cloth |
| giving any damage to it. Remember most of | | | | or tissue, instead of directly pouring on the lens |
| these methods presented here are also applicable | | | | surface. Check the lens surface and cleaning |
| to compact digicam and other kind of optical | | | | clothes to make sure there is no big particles |
| devices: | | | | because these particles can stratch your lens |
| 1 - Use a UV (Ultraviolet) Filter | | | | easily while cleaning. An alternative to alcohol |
| This relatively cheap filter is a perfect protection | | | | based cleaning fluids is to simply breathe on the |
| for your valuable lens, both from dirt and other | | | | glass then clean it with a cloth. If this doesn't get |
| impacts. You will be cleaning the filter, thus | | | | enough, you may choose to use the fluids. |
| minimizing the risk of scratching the actual lens | | | | 6- Use a Lens Cleaning Pen |
| surface. We recommend you to keep this filter | | | | Lens Cleaning Pens are really useful tools with a |
| attached all times, but remember to choose a | | | | cleaning pad on one side and a brush on the other. |
| high quality one otherwise it may degrade the | | | | The retractable brush made of soft bristles is |
| quality of the output image. Since different lenses | | | | used to dust away the hard particles and |
| may have different filter diameters, you may | | | | contaminants. I would recommend you to buy a |
| have to purchase one for each of your lens. | | | | high quality one with very soft brush to avoid |
| 2- Use lens hoods, and lens caps for both front | | | | scratching the glass. |
| and back end of your lens | | | | I would like to remind that the best protection |
| The benefits are obvious, keep them attached all | | | | solutions for your lens is the preventive methods: |
| the time. Do not forget to keep the lens caps | | | | Stop contaminants before getting on your lens |
| clean when they are not attached. | | | | surface. Do not use the cleaning methods those |
| 3- Don't let dust get in to your camera body | | | | requires physical contact until there is no other |
| Dust inside your DSLR will attach to the back end | | | | option left. And buy the highest quality tools which |
| element of your lens and also to the image | | | | minimizes the risk of scratching your valuable |
| sensor, double trouble. When you are changing | | | | lenses. |
| lenses, try to find a place with minimum dust and | | | | |