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Cleaning Filters

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Posted by Dan Fehr on October 3, 2009 at 10:37 AM
The bad news is, I'm a little clumsy somtimes. The good news is, I cought the filter before it landed in the mud. Now I have a polerizing filter with a perfect finger print right in the middle, Great for identifying it as mine, but not so good for taking pictures.

Here's my begginer guestion: Is it ok to use lens cleaning fluid and paper to clean a polerizer? I imagine there is a coating on the surface of the filter, how sensitive to wiping with a cloth?

My filter is a Cokin P164

Thank you for any input.

Dan
Posted by Hank Pennington on October 3, 2009 at 10:56 AM
No probs, but I'd be sure there's no dust or grit of any kind before you start wiping it. I actually prefer microfiber cloths to liquids, except in the worst cases.
Posted by Luke Ormand on October 3, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I use the microfiber cloths that are used for cleaning off your glasses
Posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 3, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Same.
Posted by Mia McPherson on October 3, 2009 at 2:41 PM
I use the microfiber cloths too

Posted by Dan Fehr on October 3, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Thank you everyone!
The microfiber cloth worked great :smile:
Dan