😎 WORLDS BEST WAY TO CLEAN LENSES!! 🥳😱
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Saw the original video you posted about this technique and have been religiously following your regimen ever since. The results are so impeccable that even a pristine Kimwipe foolishly used IMMEDIATELY following the procedure does nothing except somehow pull a smear out of its KIM-ASS and make me chase it around the lens in vain until I finally give up, dispatching one last Q-tip to finish the job right. The only modification I can say I've successfully made is the subsitution of Everclear for the isopropyl alcohol... Gonna go have me a shot of "lens cleaner" right now as a matter of fact. Thanks a million!!
One of the best cleaning methods on UA-cam. My only comment is you are rubbing the coating way more than necessary. The probability of scratching the lens during cleaning is directly proportional to contact time. The best cleaning methods minimize lens cleaning contact time. As a general rule dabbing is preferable to rubbing or polishing. I like your idea of spinning the lens. I use a 6 inch Lazy Susan with cotton swabs. It works great!
Great technique. I shall stop using wire wool from now on. 🤣
Why....what's wrong with wire wool?
I actually use spit and a hankie... ! Slack eh.
I used to dip the front of the lens in slightly warm water with a drop of detergent.
No, it did clean them. I even began a fungus garden with them.
The same gag used in all the replies - and it's still funny every time. lmao
😂😂😂
I just put mine in the washing machine with some sox, and then tumble dry on warm for about an hour. I helps to put a few handfuls of Damp Rid in the dryer, along with some rocks to help beat out the moisture. But you don't want to use dryer sheets. Those things are NASTY.
WOW I was HYPNOTIZED by that spinning lens....trippy
These are my favorite type of videos, thanks for posting. Do you use a different technique if you're cleaning individual lens elements? As for synthetic swabs as being abrasive, in my experience I've found that the swab itself is not abrasive, but they get really soggy when dipped in liquid and it's easy to scratch with the end of the plastic handle. Unless you're worried about particles/fibres being left behind cotton seems the better option like you said. I've used acetone->isopropyl->distilled water for cleaning that's pretty standard in semiconductor fab for quick initial cleaning. Acetone will quickly dissolve oils and organics, but leaves significant residue, so the alcohol dissolves that and is more water-soluble. Then the water finishes, and I blow dry with N2. Any reason to avoid acetone with photography lenses? I'm thinking of starting to do some lens repair as a hobby with some cheap "as-is" stuff on eBay.
I just tried your technique to remove a finger print on the objective lens of my rifle scope, and worked like MAGIC! Thank youuuuuuuu.
Thanks for the demonstration. You've talked about how to do this in some older videos but this is the first where you actually do it. There's a couple of things I had been doing wrong but now it can be done right :)
That spinning motion is also how I mix things in a mixing bowl or cooking pan. It is thorough and efficient.
An ex of mine once "cleaned" her Zeiss lens by breathing on it, then rubbing it on her shirt. I felt physical pain when I saw her do that, though she stopped once I showed her what to do instead. XD
If I'm not mistaken, with 99,9% isopropyl alcohol one doesn't even need to use distilled water. My guess distilled water has same amount of impurities (0,1%) if not more.
I use your method all the time now. Forgot to like and comment, so I'm doing it now. Sharing this video with a friend as they asked me how to clean lenses properly. I modified your method a little bit by replacing the distilled water for steam from my kettle on the que tip. I found that 5-8 seconds of steam on the tip gives the perfect amount of moisture.
Make more of these videos. They are strangely calming.
I have seen plenty of "how to clean a lens" videos that are (in reality) tutorials on how to damage your lens. How refreshing to see an intelligent discussion of the topic!
I've tried the method you used.It works great.Thanks.I never had lenses that clean.
Interesting, thanks a lot for posting! One question:
What's your opinion about 99.x % isopropyl instead of 70 %? My thought: regarding chemical cleaning power it would make no difference, but 70% mixture contains 30% of water, which then could find its way behind the spanner ring or even the front element if I'm not careful enough. After using isopropyl as a solvent for grease left by fingers and other dirt, what do I need the distilled water for?
I don't know the actual reason behind the chemistry but I've heard a lot of people say that 70% is the preferred ratio for most cleaning. Might have something to do with not evaporating that fast??? Not sure.
I hear Leica's recommended protocol is taking a bath with the lens... 😂
Doesn't Alcohol damage the lens coating?
I don't know، please tell me.
See the motion, be the motion.
You use UV filter!?!?!?! As a former Fuji Pro Products Rep, I disagree with a lot here. #1 Do NOT use UV or skylights. EBC coatings are so hard we used to grind out lit cigarettes on them with ZERO damage. Filters cause more problems than they solve and if you drop the lens they are far more likely to do damage to the glass and threads.
USE lens hoods, not filters.
I just use steel wool and some recycled bath water. Works like a charm.
Hard to find 0000000000000000.
Finally a propper guide for this shit. I always end up with a oily film on top when trying to clean my lenses. Always something around the ring.
Does this same technique also work on the back element of the lens?
Asking the same tho
No more hoo hoo and use the bottom of your t-shirt to wipe clean. No more Windex either! Ken's doing it perfectly.
I fit a uv filter to all my lenses. ANY and ALL cleaning processes are detrimental to a lens no matter how microscopic. So I can clean my uv filter and when it gets scratched, I replace it. However great cleaning tips. Thanks.
This is real education right here. Thanks for everything.
is there a reason why you use 70% iso instead if 99%?
destilled water is a great tip, thanks!
Take a piece of soft toilet paper, spray a bit of Zeiss lens cleaner, yes you need to buy it, and just wipe. Repeat if necessary each time with a new piece of toilet paper. And that is all you need to do. No need to spend so much time with q-tips, they are only needed to remove though spots.
Cool I'm gonna try the double q-tip tip of yours. I've been doing it with your method but with one q-tip concentrating in small areas at a time (frustrating AF). For me a small amount of alcohol
Is there any difference between lens cleaning pens, for example a no brand from AliExpress and one from an original brand (from local stores)?
I wonder if one from AliExpress will scratch the lens, or something.
a Poltergeist referrence? well done.
Best way to clean lenses... CURA cleaning kit. Comes with the cleaning fluid and some lint free tissues... I used to do the way you did but since I tried CURA I'm not using anything else. 1/20 th of all the rubbing you did without any residue (too much rubbing and you risk to scratch the coating with some pesky hard particle).... Just don't do that.... CURA... Amazing Japanese product... Unfortunately I'm not sponsored 😂
Ken, should be a new clean cotton cloth where you swipe off the Q tip , coze you may pick up some abrasive particles. I don't know how lens factories do this cleaning job, they have several classes of disposable tissues, and the fluids are a secret
well yes clean
Just used your technique on some FD lenses I came to acquire. It couldn't have worked better. So clean, so easy, so inexpensive to get the equipment. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
it's a great video, but just notice that the alcohol can damage the coating on the lense as well
Clear filter on top. Permanent. Toshiba filters on ebay are great deals and haven't been copied like other brands.
Amazing video and great tips, again! A question: Do it have to be 70 % iso propyl alcohol? Can I use 99,5%?
90+ dries toooooo quick and can mess with the outside paint job on some lenses
Thank you for your answer!@@KenTheoriaApophasis
Tried this way of cleaning but with 45% isopropyl and it worked like a charm too! Recommend!
The stereo on this video creates a sort of ASMR effect :)
what about eyeglasses? same technique, or do you have any special tips for that?
Thank you for this great video; very informative. What would be your preferred method for cleaning up a lens while out for a day shoot?
Zeiss lens swabs. Sealed packets.
Hi, I’ve tried your technique and no matter how much I try to remove any excess water from the q-tip beforehand, there’s always water marks at the end that won’t just dry and disappear... I really don’t understand what I’m doing wrong since I’m following all your steps and I’ve seen all your videos about cleaning lenses... can someone help me? I use water from a freshly opened for cleaning purpose bottle, what’s wrong with me ?
Try the Zeiss cleaning cloths. Bunch it up when rubbing to eliminate abrasion. Turn it over when dirty or finish with a fresh one. Then use the blower. I just bought a box of..what, 500 of them..
"Guaran-damn-tee you". (@9:35)
Too bloody right mate.
Good ad-damn-vice. Thanks.
Respect from Australia
You got 1/3 EV more, if you use the rocket instead of granade air blower.
Never any product containing ammonia (like Windex) as it will attack AR coating. I had a few spatters of latex paint (it has some ammonia in it) absolutely destroy the AR coating on my eyeglasses. Expensive lesson learned.
I thought you were going to throw a lens into the washing machine at first when I saw the title
I love you vids . Do you think you could do some more macro related videos
I notice your glasses always seem to look pristine, you use the same cleaning method for those? Same liquids?
my glasses? hahahah
You should've done it in the Bob Ross fashion
Remember your original demo using this technique and have nothing but praise for it :o) Best method bar none, cheers Ken :o) !
I have a bunch of 99.8% isopropyl alcohol, will this work?
Great tutorial Ken!!! Thanks as always
Who has or is going to buy distilled water? Just use the alcohol. Then buff it with dry cotton swabs. If there's still any sort of residue or haze just fog it with your breath and then take dry cotton swabs to it.
Amazing technique! Do you clean sunglasses and prescription glasses the same way? Thanks!
Method is prone to scratching lens, in the time (too much time!) you took going rapidly round and round, a dust particle could have landed on the lens and cause havoc!
Dude, this method is amazing! Thanks so much!
Made a convert out of me. Difference is simply amazing.
So whats that white dot near the middle (black middle ring) that just wont come off?
Am I the only one who noticed it? :D
Zoran Milutinovic -. awaiting an answer also?
I noticed it too. Looks like it’s on the lens front element.
can we not use this method to clean the sensor - with a q-tip and 70% alcohol + a little bit distilled water ?
I ask, because my sensor is dirty, it costs ca. 90 EUR to get the good stuff and I must wait for its international shipping
?
hell no
@@KenTheoriaApophasis thank you for the answer, I will listen to you
I haven’t seen you do this with two Q-Tips at the same time on the last video I’ve seen you do. I actually have to take apart a YongNuo 35mm f2 lens. It came out of the screw in housing it was in a few weeks ago. I accidentally touched the front element and the inside element. I also have a Nikkor 50mm f1.4 I need to clean that has a little bit of fungus on the inside (I bought the lens off of somebody like that a year and some change ago). What do you recommend I do to clean the fungus? I let my friend borrow it and he said it doesn’t get as sharp as the one he has (he has the same lens also, only beat the hell up).
How to disassemble the front lens to clean/remove the fungus? Thanks!
i wonder why the lens companies say that using organic solvents, e.g., isopropyl alcohol will damage the coating?
Thank you for everything. Watch all your videos. I’m just bought the Nikon 14-24 2.8f. What is the best way to go if you want a polarizing filter as well as some Nd filters. Shooting with d500. Thanks again for your wealth of knowledge.
May sound dumb ,but never used or made distilled water can you buy or make?
Excellent advise and Technique. Thank You Ken !
Great technique !-thought I was an expert - no 😮 but I got the cotton Q tips bit right !
Get urself silicone wipes (hard to get but its pro way to do it and manage statics). Cotton buds are good only as level one cleaning process, after that static controlled microfibre will be necessary.
no,,,,, microfiber is synthetic and scratches the AR coating
Never use silicone on a coated lens. Silicone wipes are a carry over from the old days when eyeglasses we're all made of glass and uncoated. It will interfere with the AR performance. Once it is on the coating it can only be removed by burning it off the surface!
So.. you're not supposed to actually smash and bang it around like when cleaning sensors? 🤔
An excellent video. So you use alcohol for grease/dirt and then dip the same end in distilled water? I think this is the. best cleaning video on yt.
Can I use cotton balls instead?
noooo
Be very careful cleaning lens with "flourine" coated like canon 24-70mm f2.8 II and 100-400mm II. It is very fragile. Better use good uv filter. I replaced front element assy of my 24-70mm for $300. Now all my lenses protected with uv filter
why did the prior lens cleaning video not include alcohol? I've been doing it wrong for three GD years.
alcohol , as i said, ONLY if its nasty dirty
Ken totally off topic but have you ever worked with gemstones? I had an idea to cut some stone with a dremel tool and polish them for making unique shutter release buttons, basically gluing them to flat soft shutter releases. Kind of a cool idea, no idea if it would work.
ages ago i did work a lap wheel
Hi Ken. Have you had the chance to test the Tokina 14-20? Is better or not as good as the Tamron 10-24mm? Thanks for your help!!
So all these years using Carl Zeiss wipes and alpaca 🦙 fur clothes was wrong ?
Hey Ken,
I can only find the casual ethanol alcohol- is it going to do the same job as isopropyl rubbing alcohol?
From what I see for ORP and Ph meters people use ethanol alcohol so I assume ethanol is going to be the same?
Exactly, right...as always, with one very minor caveat; I get better results with 91% isopropyl alcohol as it is more aggressive as a organic solvent, and leaves far less residue to remove in subsequent steps. Your thoughts on this?
are you a strong advocate of UV/lens filters to protect a lens? or is it pointless if you're a hobbies and not necessarily in a commercial / high pressure environment where your lens is constantly being exposed to dangers and dirt?
This is good, going to try it soon, if you want to see how filthy your lens really is, turn on the led torch on your phone shine it across the lens and look down the lens from the other end, then swap ends.
Too depressing...
Hi, your videos are great man, just wanna ask what about a fixed lens camera like the Fuji X100V, how should I maintain or clean it? Thanks. Anyone mind to help me, cause this is my first camera.
Could this also be done for a convex rear element like this?
Your confidence is convincing... Tried it worked
I can’t help but see residue after I clean it and it’s driving me nuts! I know liquid didn’t seep into my lens after trying this technique. But take a light (LEDs work good) and search the surface and there is this film that looks as if the alcohol residue is still there and no matter how many times I try it just won’t come off!!! Help please, what am I doing wrong
Thanks for the video! Does it matter what kind of brush it is?
Hey dude.... will this work just as fine on expensive scopes and their coatings??
And is 90% iso alcohol ok to use??
Thanks
SO GREAT! Do you have another video showing the best way to clean a mirrorless sensor kind sir?
yes i do
@@KenTheoriaApophasis FOUND IT! I would kiss you!! Thanks!
How about cleaning the inside of a zoom lens?
Dr. Kidare.
Do you have advice for cleaning a lens where you need to get the inner parts cleaned? I fell into a river and water of course got inside my lens. It works but is very dirty.
So we don't use lens cleaning fuild but isopropyl alcohol instead?
Hey Ken, no more Nikon reviews...!?, i mean, would be nice to hear from you a proper review from the new Z lenses, like the 35mm1.8 or anything about the new 14-30 coming soon or the new Z 24-70 2,8....i hope you will continue with some Nikon reviews and not just Fuji....., just saying...Best regards!
What would you suggest for a 600mm f4 lens front element? Seems a bit big for q-tips.
Now this is useful. Thank you, Ken.
Really instructive. But one question - shall it not leave some cotton threads/fibers on the glass?
That’s where the blower without an oily lens comes in
This is very informative Ken. Much appreciated. Lens cleaner and lens cloths always seem to make them dirtier!
never use lens cleaner :)
Any tips for the rear element? I have a 300mm f4 Canon L and the rear element is set inside far enough it is hard to access.
Zeiss lens cloth. Bunch it up a use a couple q tips to.move it around. LIGHT PRESSURE. Change cloth to newer one to finish then use the hand squeeze blower to dry and finish.
This video is so helpful!! Thank you!! Works so well!!
And those repeating reflections of the light fitting are why I don't use filters.
This technique takes an awful long time just to clean a lens filter. Also all excessive rubbing is no good for the anti-reflection coating.
That's a cool grenade blower . If I took that with me on travel tsa security would tackle me like a linebacker on blitz mode lol
theyre cute, from ebay
Yeah, I WONT be taking one of these to the airshow!
What about using hydrogen peroxide instead of isopropyl alcohol.
Guess I should stop breathing on my lens glass and wiping it with an oily cloth lol 😋