Is it safe to use eye glass lense cleaner on camera lenses?

Written by admin on April 24th, 2009

Will it damage or affect the camera lens in any way?

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  1. anthony h says:

    It will depend on the eyeglass lens cleaner. There's really two big worries–1) abrasion and 2) damaging the lens coating.

    Some eyeglass cleaning fluids are not pure, so they can put microscopic scratches on the lens. And depending upon the formulation, it might damage or take off the lens multi-coating.

    Thus, I would recommend that you stick with formulas designed for multi-coated camera lenses, as well as cloths designed for camera lenses (and not the silicone-impregnated lens cloths for eyeglasses).

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