Anybody knows good emergency lens cleaners ... I know about microfiber, soft leather ... what4s the best of all???

Thanks,

Charles

-- Charles Dias (deepblue97a@hotmail.com), April 16, 1999

Answers

What is an 'emergency'? I like Opti-clean, a polymer system that cleans everything off the lens, with no abrasion, but it takes a few minutes to use it. Anything that won't brush off can wait until I get home, or the hotel.

-- Alan Gibson (Alan.Gibson@technologist.com), April 18, 1999.

I find that q-tips and rubbing alcohol do a superb job of cleaning lenses and filters and this method seems to be the only way of cleaning multi-coated filters without streaks. I have experienced no scratching with q-tips, and I do not use lens cleaning tissue any longer. A ton of q-tips and a small bottle of alcohol is easy to carry.

-- Harry Hilliard (tripleheart@msn.com), June 02, 1999.