I tried this with Polywatch instead of Cape Cod polish. I didn't want to affect anything other than the coating and I was afraid that Cape Cod, being a metal polish, would affect the glass as well. Polywatch, made for acrylic watch glass, is a softer abrasive than Cape Cod so I imagined it would remove the coating but not the glass. Lo and behold, after some elbow grease, completely stripped off the coating! And glass is perfectly clean as well after some Pancro. Highly recommend Polywatch!
How long did it take you exactly? I have a few lenses with deteriorating multicoatings that I want to breathe new life into, general consensus is to use cerium oxide but I don’t want to alter the field curvature.
@@blopin2002 with some elbow grease, took me about 15-20 minutes. I used Kimwipes but using a regular microfiber cloth I presume will yield faster results
@@blopin2002 Took me about a good 15 minutes. Started off with Kimwipes but realized later on that using microfiber cloth yielded faster results. Started from the center and slowly circled outwards, then wiped it all off and checked with a flashlight.
@@EchoFiveFilmcan you tell me your process. Like how much polywatch you used and how you wipe it off. I want to get rid of the coating on the Great Joy 50mm anamorphic lens
@AnimeZone247 it was as simple as applying about quarter inch line of polywatch on the microfiber, starting from centre of the element and working my way outward with medium-firm force. I checked the progress with a high intensity single source flashlight.
If you can remove the element you can let it soak in apple cider vinegar for a few hours and it will dissolve the coating. I did this for a lens that had fungus and nothing removed the fungus except the apple cider vinegar. Unfortunately along the way it also removed some of the coating so I went ahead and removed the rest of the coating by soaking it longer.
*Cape cod metal polish* ... VERY INTERESTING and thanks for sharing this. Though I wish there was an easy way to replace partly erased Lens coating as an alternative to salvage a lens with partial damage instead of total removal.
I noticed there was a very subtle ripple texture to the lens glass after polishing, which is what mine looks like too after stripping the coating with cerium oxide Is that the normal/acceptable end state of the lens or do i have more work to do?
Optics are precisely made & any geometric changes like buffing the glass will affect image quality. Thats why your eye doctor does >prescription< eyeglasses for each person that needs glasses. Each lens is made precisely for that prescription.
I know this is kind of old, but have you ever shot comparison footage between single-sided coating removal and double-sided coating removal so people have some idea before committing?
Very useful for me because I have damaged I mean really damaged multilayer coatings from a neglected Meade 2080 I bought from Florida. Mold had attacked and completely broken down the original coatings. The inside of the OTA still reeks of mold and mildew!
Hi! I have the same problem: I've cleaned one of my lenses from the mold that has formed inside of it but in the rear element the marks of the fungus have remained. My guess is to remove the coating, what substance did you use?
Hy, if u have some tips or steps to follow when u need to clean the internal face of the front anamorphic lense from a ES CINELUX model. That is, when u need to clip the front element out of the body. I prefer asking before going into this. Thx If u can consider this question.
Removing the inside coating will definitely help even more. But even without removing the inside coating the increased flares are definitely visible. This video here compares an de-coated Schneider single focus versus stock coating ua-cam.com/video/vFmeMQ-oeGs/v-deo.html
Did this and now my sharp Schneider is super soft and bloomy. Please help!!! I wanted to use this for a film but it is currently way too smudgy/soft to use.
Did you possibly shift the rear element of the lens when polishing off the coating? The coatings affect clarity, but have no effect on resolved sharpness. But if you shift the rear element when polishing, you will never get a sharp image unless you realign. The bokeh will be shifted slightly. Even a small movement of the rear element may affect your sharpness, if your rear element was loose.
@@AnamorphicLenses Not that I can see. No matter how much I wipe it down, it seems like i cant make it less foggy looking. Is it possible I buffed it too long? The only thing i didnt use was the alcohol.
@@lincolnlillywhite Is the lens clear to your eyes? Once you remove all the coatings, there is nothing else for the polish to do, as the abrasion of the polish is nowhere near enough to scratch the glass. You do need to remove the polish obviously. You can send us pictures at anamorphic.lenses@gmail.com if you need more help
@@AnamorphicLenses no it’s not. It was before but now it isn’t. I have a almost rainbow like ghosting, looks like I smudged my lens intentionally. Do you have a technique for removing the polish? Maybe that’s what I’m stuck at. I’ve been using typical lens cleaner with a microfiber cloth but that doesn’t seem to be doing the trick, if that’s what it is… I’ll send over some pictures if I have more issues haha
Nope. Coating blocks ghosts and other astral energies if you are paranormal photographer or filmmaker investigator. You get much more successful results removing the coating.
@@NirnBootMod no it doesn't. it helps with the optics to minimize the blur and flare and get a clearer overall image, this is very easily demonstrated. You just prefer the blurriness and flares as they help you see what you want to see with your confirmation bias
@@bradleyrex2968 Its a video that shows how to remove the coating for people who need to know that. You should already know what the results are. It is not an improvement in many situations. If you have to see the results this is not for you. It is for specific case scenarios. Also, don't "like" your own comments, douche.
There are several comments from people claiming this ruined their lens. Asking to see results is not at all abnormal. Attacking strangers and calling them "idiots" or "doushe" is also pretty normal on the internet, but is pretty childish. Each of the lens groups inside the lens is multi-coated, so removing the front and rear coatings is not even close to removing all the coatings and is unlikely to produce much flairing as these coatings don't face other lenses.
@@TexMex421 I called him a douche for immediately liking his own comments. I don't care if you think its childish. As for removing coating, you are only suppose to do it for infrared, ultraviolet and full spectrum work... not normal photography. You also only do it to cheap lenses, not expensive lenses. Unless you don't care if you mess it up. As for the people downvoting the video, they shouldn't even be doing this. The benefit of the video is for the people that need to know how to do it, because it is not an easy thing to research and find out. People who ruined their lenses have no common sense and it is their fault for doing this.
@@Infosmercial no, a Meopta anagon with a purplish front coating. Dan, just *removing the coating* doesn't *itself* destroy the polish, it's grinding an abrasive into the surface of the lens in order to lift the coating that ruins the polish.
I tried this with Polywatch instead of Cape Cod polish. I didn't want to affect anything other than the coating and I was afraid that Cape Cod, being a metal polish, would affect the glass as well. Polywatch, made for acrylic watch glass, is a softer abrasive than Cape Cod so I imagined it would remove the coating but not the glass. Lo and behold, after some elbow grease, completely stripped off the coating! And glass is perfectly clean as well after some Pancro. Highly recommend Polywatch!
How long did it take you exactly? I have a few lenses with deteriorating multicoatings that I want to breathe new life into, general consensus is to use cerium oxide but I don’t want to alter the field curvature.
@@blopin2002 with some elbow grease, took me about 15-20 minutes. I used Kimwipes but using a regular microfiber cloth I presume will yield faster results
@@blopin2002 Took me about a good 15 minutes. Started off with Kimwipes but realized later on that using microfiber cloth yielded faster results. Started from the center and slowly circled outwards, then wiped it all off and checked with a flashlight.
@@EchoFiveFilmcan you tell me your process. Like how much polywatch you used and how you wipe it off. I want to get rid of the coating on the Great Joy 50mm anamorphic lens
@AnimeZone247 it was as simple as applying about quarter inch line of polywatch on the microfiber, starting from centre of the element and working my way outward with medium-firm force. I checked the progress with a high intensity single source flashlight.
If you can remove the element you can let it soak in apple cider vinegar for a few hours and it will dissolve the coating. I did this for a lens that had fungus and nothing removed the fungus except the apple cider vinegar. Unfortunately along the way it also removed some of the coating so I went ahead and removed the rest of the coating by soaking it longer.
Do u have a video of this? Also, is it only the front element that has coatings? Or all the lens elements has the coatings?
@@qtben17 yes, essentially. All elements exposed to open air will have coatings. Cemented lens groups do not
Simple vinegar not from apples will not work?
What is the difference between the Kowa Vidoscope Super-16mm 2X and the Kowa 16-H ?
*Cape cod metal polish* ... VERY INTERESTING and thanks for sharing this.
Though I wish there was an easy way to replace partly erased Lens coating as an alternative to salvage a lens with partial damage instead of total removal.
I noticed there was a very subtle ripple texture to the lens glass after polishing, which is what mine looks like too after stripping the coating with cerium oxide
Is that the normal/acceptable end state of the lens or do i have more work to do?
Why not show the results? a little before and after?
Agreed.
What does the picture look like if I use this lens to shoot a picture ？
And what to do for recoating or polishing the lens? Is there any solution for this?
Optics are precisely made & any geometric changes like buffing the glass will affect image quality. Thats why your eye doctor does >prescription< eyeglasses for each person that needs glasses. Each lens is made precisely for that prescription.
If you think that you are crazy, glass for glassed are made by + or - 0.25D no doctor can make glass for just you.
I know this is kind of old, but have you ever shot comparison footage between single-sided coating removal and double-sided coating removal so people have some idea before committing?
comparison ua-cam.com/video/vFmeMQ-oeGs/v-deo.html
This is awesome. I have been looking for an idea to remove coatings for both IR and UV photography and this might work. Thanks.
Can I do this with any modern lens?
Very useful for me because I have damaged I mean really damaged multilayer coatings from a neglected Meade 2080 I bought from Florida. Mold had attacked and completely broken down the original coatings. The inside of the OTA still reeks of mold and mildew!
Hi! I have the same problem: I've cleaned one of my lenses from the mold that has formed inside of it but in the rear element the marks of the fungus have remained. My guess is to remove the coating, what substance did you use?
any luck?
@@polpomutogeno5444 any luck?
@@matiaswajner7937 Nope. I believe the fungus or mold etched the glass
Heat it in an oven to kill fungus. (research time, materials, & temperature)
Or use UV light which is safer.
Is this for art?...
Does this work on sunglasses?
Anyone had luck doing this to an iscorama 54 mc?
Hy, if u have some tips or steps to follow when u need to clean the internal face of the front anamorphic lense from a ES CINELUX model.
That is, when u need to clip the front element out of the body. I prefer asking before going into this. Thx If u can consider this question.
will removing the front an back make a major difference in flaring, or is the inside coating also needed to be removed ?
Removing the inside coating will definitely help even more. But even without removing the inside coating the increased flares are definitely visible. This video here compares an de-coated Schneider single focus versus stock coating ua-cam.com/video/vFmeMQ-oeGs/v-deo.html
@@AnamorphicLenses thanks! Would the ultra star red also have more flares if the coating is removed ? Have you tested that ? Thanks
Did this and now my sharp Schneider is super soft and bloomy. Please help!!! I wanted to use this for a film but it is currently way too smudgy/soft to use.
Did you possibly shift the rear element of the lens when polishing off the coating? The coatings affect clarity, but have no effect on resolved sharpness. But if you shift the rear element when polishing, you will never get a sharp image unless you realign. The bokeh will be shifted slightly. Even a small movement of the rear element may affect your sharpness, if your rear element was loose.
@@AnamorphicLenses Not that I can see. No matter how much I wipe it down, it seems like i cant make it less foggy looking. Is it possible I buffed it too long? The only thing i didnt use was the alcohol.
@@lincolnlillywhite Is the lens clear to your eyes? Once you remove all the coatings, there is nothing else for the polish to do, as the abrasion of the polish is nowhere near enough to scratch the glass. You do need to remove the polish obviously. You can send us pictures at anamorphic.lenses@gmail.com if you need more help
@@AnamorphicLenses no it’s not. It was before but now it isn’t. I have a almost rainbow like ghosting, looks like I smudged my lens intentionally. Do you have a technique for removing the polish? Maybe that’s what I’m stuck at. I’ve been using typical lens cleaner with a microfiber cloth but that doesn’t seem to be doing the trick, if that’s what it is… I’ll send over some pictures if I have more issues haha
Hi, have you noticed any degradation to your sharpness or image quality in any way? Thanks!
Image quality goes from a slight green to slight blue tint. Other than that no visible differences that I've observed
Blasphemy.
Seems like so
Not in my situation otherwise I agree...someone's blasphemy is another one's "godsend".
Nope. Coating blocks ghosts and other astral energies if you are paranormal photographer or filmmaker investigator. You get much more successful results removing the coating.
@@NirnBootMod no it doesn't. it helps with the optics to minimize the blur and flare and get a clearer overall image, this is very easily demonstrated. You just prefer the blurriness and flares as they help you see what you want to see with your confirmation bias
I can't believe there are idiots downvoting this. There are a few situations where you don't want coating.
This is a video about a video lens, and he never shows the results. It's silly.
@@bradleyrex2968 Its a video that shows how to remove the coating for people who need to know that. You should already know what the results are. It is not an improvement in many situations. If you have to see the results this is not for you. It is for specific case scenarios. Also, don't "like" your own comments, douche.
@@NirnBootMod Also, don't your own comments, douche? I'll try not to don't my own comments, doushe, but I'm not making any promises.
There are several comments from people claiming this ruined their lens. Asking to see results is not at all abnormal. Attacking strangers and calling them "idiots" or "doushe" is also pretty normal on the internet, but is pretty childish.
Each of the lens groups inside the lens is multi-coated, so removing the front and rear coatings is not even close to removing all the coatings and is unlikely to produce much flairing as these coatings don't face other lenses.
@@TexMex421 I called him a douche for immediately liking his own comments. I don't care if you think its childish. As for removing coating, you are only suppose to do it for infrared, ultraviolet and full spectrum work... not normal photography. You also only do it to cheap lenses, not expensive lenses. Unless you don't care if you mess it up. As for the people downvoting the video, they shouldn't even be doing this. The benefit of the video is for the people that need to know how to do it, because it is not an easy thing to research and find out. People who ruined their lenses have no common sense and it is their fault for doing this.
This completely ruined my lens no one do this, it scratches the shit out of it
good bye sharp! good bye colors! Hello NOISE!
You are absolutely destroying the polishing of the lens with this.
yeah, high proof alcohol was able to dissolve my coating without all the abrasive.
Chrismofer did you do this on a Cinelux with alcohol? I have one on the way and am considering the coating removal.
Removing AR coating doesn't destroy polishing or figuring of the lens.
@@Infosmercial no, a Meopta anagon with a purplish front coating. Dan, just *removing the coating* doesn't *itself* destroy the polish, it's grinding an abrasive into the surface of the lens in order to lift the coating that ruins the polish.