Dried water on lens

[TurnipHead]

Had my SLR for about a week now and have been trying out different things. I found some splashing water and took some snaps, a bit later I noticed little circles on my lens which I assume is dried water, and I don't know how to go about getting rid of it.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of them, and any suggestions to avoid this happening in future (apart from not getting to close to the water)?

 

[BloodyL]

You can buy little bottles of alcohol based cleaning liquid and paper based slips for cleaning the lens.

 

[greedy123]

You could put a protection filter on to protect the lens in future.

 

[D.P.]

You can buy little bottles of alcohol based cleaning liquid and paper based slips for cleaning the lens.

In general this is fine but be warned.

1) some solvents will disolve the special lens coatings.
2) Some papers/clothes are abrasive and can scratch
3) Even Non Abrasive materials can scratch the lens if dirt is on the lens like grains of sand

 

[PhillyDee]

You can buy lens pens. I have one for cleaning my telescope optics. Though I only do this if its really really bad!

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=celestron_lens_pen

This one is sold be a telescope e-tailer. Probably get them elsewhere easily enough!

 

[2Thumbs]

LensPen is great for finger prints.

But stuborn stuff requires liquid. I bought Eclipse optic cleaner and PEC-PAD'S, and I think they work great.

 

[TurnipHead]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm liking the Eclipse lens cleaner, might go with that.

 

[Lead_Head]

Just breathe on the lens and then wipe it with a clean lent free cloth i.e. a spectacle cloth. you can get 2 for 99p on the bay.

Don't use any alcohol based substance as that could erode the coating on the lens then you'll be stuck with a permanent mark on your lens!

 

[robmiller]

Breathe on it and then use your t-shirt you big jessie.