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Lens cleaning options for best lens maintenance

Lens cleaning options for best lens maintenance

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Lens cleaning options for best lens maintenance

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- For this episode of Photo Gear Weekly, I wanted to revisit Camera Doctor in New York City. Mostly, to be honest, I wanted to come back and check out the really cool old cameras that they've got here, some of which you're working on. Maybe some of these are just collectors items, I don't know. There's some pretty cool gear here. - Little of both, yes. - So, Matt here is gonna help us out. This time we're gonna talk about lens cleaning. Now, I think, Matt, that lenses don't get a whole lot of attention. We put 'em to use, we put 'em back in our camera bag, don't really think about maintenance so much. I know the big piece of maintenance, I see this all the time in the field, maybe you got a little smudge on that front lens element, and I'll see somebody taking their shirt cuff or the bottom of their shirt and just wiping that down. How crazy is that? - Well, yeah. (laughing) It's a little crazy, but we're all at fault. Everybody does it from time to time, especially when you're in a…

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