The Best Way To Clean Your Digital Camera

This week I've been asked a barrel of questions! I'mbe squeaky clean. Nothing must get onto the lense if
very lucky to have such a loyal group of subscribers.you can help it. Its pretty hard to keep a lense 100%
One the questions I was asked was from John aboutclean because of dust particles floating around in the
digital camera cleaning and what sort of digital cameraair, but you can get as close to100% as possible with
cleaning equipment did he need (a different John tosome handy digital photography camera cleaning
last week).equipment.
Well don't do what I did before I knew anythingThere are a couple of ways you can clean your
about photography. It's embarrassing, but I'll tell youdigital cameras lens, and that's with a bit of spit.....just
anyway. I was standing at a beautiful beach onekidding. Seriously, you must use a proper lense
balmy, Aussie summers dusk and there was a rushcleaning cloth. You can use cleaning fluid too. This can
of wind. It blew sand all over me and onto the digitalcause some streaking across the lense if you use too
camera. Knowing 'zip' about digital camera care andmuch. One drop on your lens cleaning cloth in a gentle
maintenance at the time I cleaned the lense with thecircular motion with a will get most marks off a lens.
corner of my t-shirt and went on my merry way.In popular digital camera stores you can buy a pretty
When I arrived home that night I took out my digitalgood lens cleaning fluid. It shouldn't be more than
camera to download the images to the computer$20-$25 depending on where you go. The digital
and out fell small particles of sand onto the floor. Icamera lense cleaning fluid is an alcohol-based fluid
thought "what the..?" I was surprised to see so manythat, just between you and me, I wouldn't take my
grains. I took off the lense cap and there were sanddigital camera out without it. The digital camera lens
granules embedded into the edge of the lense. Andcleaning fluid is ideal because it's not solely for dust
that particular digital camera lense has never retainedbut accidental finger prints and other unplanned
the same sharpness and clarity since my various tripssmudges.
to the beach. After a while the sand granules on theDon't forget about your other digital camera filters
lense caused the annoying lack of quality that Itoo. You can have a polariser on the front of your
previously had. I've done a lot of dumb things in mylens which will most likely need a clean if you're using
time with digital photography from not knowing anyyour digital camera a lot, or if you are using it outside
better, and that was a doozy.for a day. You'll be amazed at how dirty the lens can
Thankfully I learnt and am now teaching digitalget. If you're not sure, grab a lense cleaning kit from
photography. Camera care and cleaning is a regularyour nearest digital camera store.
thing you should give your digital camera. And thePersonally I have several lens cleaning cloths, lens
best way to clean a lenes? Carefully! This is why youcleaning fluid, a brush with an air capsule to blow of
should never take the edge of your t-shirt and cleandust then brush, cotton buds to get into the
it because unbeknownst to you, you could be leavingcrevasse and a small leather pouch I keep it all in. The
tiny trails of grit and dirt on the lense causingleather pouch is actually a small ladies purse. I bought
scratching.it for the size and the durability and protection it
Remember all digital camera lenses are made of glass.gave my cleaning equipment.
The clarity and sharpness you get in your digitalNo more wiping the lense with a t-shirt! (Heaven
photos relies heavily on the surface of that glass toforbid!