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Crutch
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Username: Crutch
Post Number: 10
Registered: 12-2007
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 - 08:46 pm: | 
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is windex safe to use on a lens for general cleaning or should one use something else? I am using a micro fiber cloth but there still appears to be a haze on the lens. They are coated lenses. thanks -carl |
Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 127
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 09:24 am: |
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I bought a small bottle of a Kodak brand lens cleaner 50 years ago and I'm still using it. I have no more up to date info than that. |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 488
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 05:21 pm: |
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i've heard that ammonia is bad for coating, I haven't run any personal experiments. A bottle of Kodak lens cleaner will last the rest of your life, it's a couple of bucks well spent. |
Mikel
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Username: Mikel
Post Number: 70
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 06:56 pm: |
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Regular Windex is as good a lens cleaner as you will need. I use Windex with ammonia in fungus situations as it is death on fungus and can be followed with a regular lens cleaner. Used that way, I have never had a problem with coating damage. |
Pablomartinez
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Username: Pablomartinez
Post Number: 87
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 08:09 am: |
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I use the french version of Windex and I never had any problem. Be careful with the cloth that you use. If it is an old piece of T shirt, it might have mineral incrustations from the water that might damage the coating of the lens. Use a coton wab. |
