White specks on lens.

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I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
get cleaned off.

I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.

But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
pictures in.

Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
they're too informed about these things.

Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
and courtesy!

 

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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:41:02 +0000, Steve Lee wrote:

> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> very minute white specks all over the lens. ...

Related to this issue: The first thing that should be done when buying any
new camera is to buy it with a $10 UV or Skylight lens filter and
immediately put that on the lens to protect the original optics.

--
"It said it needed Windows98 or better installed, so I installed Linux."

 

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could be inside the lense but out of focus when pictures are taken
"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
news:ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com...
> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
> with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
> get cleaned off.
>
> I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
> and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
> handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
> dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
> able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
> That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>
> But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
> The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
> pictures in.
>
> Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
> before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
> camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
> electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
> they're too informed about these things.
>
> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
> and courtesy!

 

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"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
news:ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com...
> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
> with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
> get cleaned off.
>
> I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
> and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
> handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
> dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
> able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
> That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>
> But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
> The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
> pictures in.
>
> Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
> before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
> camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
> electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
> they're too informed about these things.
>
> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
> and courtesy!

I don't think it will hurt the lens, but it could damage the sensor. My
rule-of-thumb is not to point my digicam at anything so bright that I can't
look at it.

 

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In article <ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com>, Steve Lee
<NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> writes
>I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
>very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
>with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
>get cleaned off.
>
>I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
>and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
>handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
>dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
>able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
>That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>
>But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
>The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
>pictures in.
>
>Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
>before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
>camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
>electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
>they're too informed about these things.
>
>Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
>camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
>have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
>condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
>and courtesy!

Don't know what your white specks might be. However, if they are small
and don't cause any degradation of the image, I suggest you may do far
more harm trying to remove them. In general, I am sure inexpert lens
cleaning is one of the major causes of image degradation. The glass and
coatings used for optical equipment tends to be quite soft and easy to
scratch.

If it were mine, I would very carefully try to remove one of them
(preferably one at the edge of the lens) with water or saliva and then
clean the spot gently with a microfibre lens cleaning cloth. If that
worked, I would do the rest; if it had no effect, leave the others
alone. (I might look at the spots under a microscope first in a case
like this.) However, I have been a keen photographer for decades and
have reasonable experience in cleaning lenses. If you do have a go, it
is most important to remove all dust first, with an air duster (use
^upright^ and test on your hand first) otherwise your cleaning cloth
will grind it into the coating. Use a microfibre lens cleaning cloth
^very gently^. Breathing on the lens immediately before applying the
cloth can help to remove oily marks.

In general - only clean a lens when you have to, and then carefully and
gently.

It is most emphatically not harmful to expose glass lenses to sunlight.
However, a UV filter may be a good idea to protect it from fingerprints,
dust, and especially salt water spray and sand on a beach. Remove the
filter and clean it (with a micro-fibre lens cleaning cloth) if it gets
dirty; if it gets damaged, replace it. A lens hood is also a good idea
if the lens will take one.

It is theoretically possible for plastic lenses to be damaged by long
exposure to direct sunlight. However, I have never heard actual examples
of this happening; the amount of time it would take would be very long.
In any case, it is never a good idea to let cameras sit in direct
sunlight unnecessarily, as they will get hot - very bad for film, and
probably not very good for electronics, batteries and plastic bodies
etc. (Not very good for human bodies either.)
--
David Littlewood

 

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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:53:39 -0500, Beowulf <beowulf@nowhere.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:41:02 +0000, Steve Lee wrote:
>
>> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
>> very minute white specks all over the lens. ...
>
>Related to this issue: The first thing that should be done when buying any
>new camera is to buy it with a $10 UV or Skylight lens filter and
>immediately put that on the lens to protect the original optics.

Oh, I see. So, this UV/Skylight filter then is something I would use
when outdoors on a sunny day or would I use it in general situation,
except perhaps during the night? Thanks.

 

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"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:53:39 -0500, Beowulf <beowulf@nowhere.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 08:41:02 +0000, Steve Lee wrote:
> >
> >> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> >> very minute white specks all over the lens. ...
> >
> >Related to this issue: The first thing that should be done when buying
any
> >new camera is to buy it with a $10 UV or Skylight lens filter and
> >immediately put that on the lens to protect the original optics.
>
> Oh, I see. So, this UV/Skylight filter then is something I would use
> when outdoors on a sunny day or would I use it in general situation,
> except perhaps during the night? Thanks.

By "protection"...that merely means that it PHYSICALLY protects from things
like scratches and bumps. Being out-doors in bright sunlight will NOT
damage your lens (unless you're pointing it at the sun for long
periods--which will damage most cameras).

 

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"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
> Oh, I see. So, this UV/Skylight filter then is something I would use
> when outdoors on a sunny day or would I use it in general situation,
> except perhaps during the night? Thanks.

A UV filter does absolutely nothing for you other than to protect your lens
(on film it helps filter out uv haze, but not anymore), so you just leave it
on all the time and it protects your lens. Don't bother with a $10 one, get
one that is multi-coated.
Richard

 

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I had a similar problem on the same camera.
I cleaned the fingerprints with Kodak photographic cleaning paper and it is
now as clean as on the very first day.

I agree on the principle on protecting the lens with a neutral UV filter,
but I don't know how to do this on the DSC-W1:
There is no filter thread on the font of the lens (only a 37mm thread on the
body, probably to fix optical accessories for extending the zoom range.
If somebody knows a place to buy filters that you can place once forever, I'
a client !


"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
news:ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com...
> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
> with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
> get cleaned off.
>
> I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
> and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
> handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
> dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
> able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
> That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>
> But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
> The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
> pictures in.
>
> Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
> before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
> camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
> electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
> they're too informed about these things.
>
> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
> and courtesy!

 

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On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:20:45 +0200, "Nadar" <nadar@skynet.be> wrote:

>I had a similar problem on the same camera.
>I cleaned the fingerprints with Kodak photographic cleaning paper and it is
>now as clean as on the very first day.
>
>I agree on the principle on protecting the lens with a neutral UV filter,
>but I don't know how to do this on the DSC-W1:
>There is no filter thread on the font of the lens (only a 37mm thread on the
>body, probably to fix optical accessories for extending the zoom range.
>If somebody knows a place to buy filters that you can place once forever, I'
>a client !

I just dropped by a Sony store on the way home from work and the rep
there took me Sony's website and showed me the 30mm adapter for W1.
So, he placed an order for that along with the UV filter.

Check out
http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/CategoryDisplays?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&categoryId=32244&navigationPath=32090n32230
and scroll down until you see where it says " VADWA 30mm Lens Adapter
for the DSCW1" And for the filter itself, check out
http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/CategoryDisplays?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&categoryId=47421&navigationPath=32090n32230
and go to the very bottom and click on the VF30NK filter. (Sorry for
the long links!)

They're supposed to call me when the items come in. Keep in mind that
this is Sony's website for Canada, so, if you're in the US, you should
check the US website and locate the same items.

Hope that helps.

 

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"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:20:45 +0200, "Nadar" <nadar@skynet.be> wrote:
>
> >I had a similar problem on the same camera.
> >I cleaned the fingerprints with Kodak photographic cleaning paper and it
is
> >now as clean as on the very first day.
> >
> >I agree on the principle on protecting the lens with a neutral UV filter,
> >but I don't know how to do this on the DSC-W1:
> >There is no filter thread on the font of the lens (only a 37mm thread on
the
> >body, probably to fix optical accessories for extending the zoom range.
> >If somebody knows a place to buy filters that you can place once forever,
I'
> >a client !
>
> I just dropped by a Sony store on the way home from work and the rep
> there took me Sony's website and showed me the 30mm adapter for W1.
> So, he placed an order for that along with the UV filter.
>
> Check out
>
http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/CategoryDisplays?storeId=10001&lang
Id=-1&catalogId=10001&categoryId=32244&navigationPath=32090n32230
> and scroll down until you see where it says " VADWA 30mm Lens Adapter
> for the DSCW1" And for the filter itself, check out
>
http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/CategoryDisplays?storeId=10001&lang
Id=-1&catalogId=10001&categoryId=47421&navigationPath=32090n32230
> and go to the very bottom and click on the VF30NK filter. (Sorry for
> the long links!)
>
> They're supposed to call me when the items come in. Keep in mind that
> this is Sony's website for Canada, so, if you're in the US, you should
> check the US website and locate the same items.
>
> Hope that helps.

Thanks Steve.
Unfortunately, this looks like the one I've found here in Europe: it's an
accessory that you can place on top of the lens when the camera is switched
on (and the lens out of the body). You must remove it before to switch off.
I'm looking for a filter that stays in place all the time.

 

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Steve Lee <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message news:<ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com>...
> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
> with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
> get cleaned off.
>
> I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
> and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
> handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
> dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
> able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
> That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>
> But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
> The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
> pictures in.
>
> Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
> before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
> camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
> electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
> they're too informed about these things.
>
> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
> and courtesy!

I don't think it's a photographic urban myth that the sun can be
focused through a mounted lens and burn a hole in the focal plane
shutter. However I'm not clear on wheather or not digital cameras have
focal plane shutters. John

 

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Steve Lee <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message news:<ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com>...
> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
> very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
> with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
> get cleaned off.
>
> I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
> and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
> handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
> dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
> able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
> That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>
> But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
> The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
> pictures in.
>
> Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
> before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
> camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
> electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
> they're too informed about these things.
>
> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
> and courtesy!

Also I forgot to mention in my earlier post that white specs that
stick, sound suspiciously like ash from a forest fire. Have you had a
fire around your neck of the woods? Having lived in Calif. for ~40 yrs
I've had far too many opportunities to observe this phenomena. Good
luck John

 

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:40:30 +0200, "Nadar" <nadar@skynet.be> wrote:

>Thanks Steve.
>Unfortunately, this looks like the one I've found here in Europe: it's an
>accessory that you can place on top of the lens when the camera is switched
>on (and the lens out of the body). You must remove it before to switch off.
>I'm looking for a filter that stays in place all the time.

Oh, I see. Darn, sorry. And man, I didn't even consider that before.
It sure would be inconvinient having to put the darn lenses on and
off. I just assumed that you can leave them on all the time. Stupid
me....ignorance always costs me like this. Damn!!

 

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In article <9ef657ec.0408060046.38b295d5@posting.google.com>, John
McGraw <dudleydorite9@Yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't think it's a photographic urban myth that the sun can be
> focused through a mounted lens and burn a hole in the focal plane
> shutter. However I'm not clear on wheather or not digital cameras have
> focal plane shutters. John

I've seen it on old cameras that had rubberized cloth shutters. When
they went to metal that seems to have fixed it.

 

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In article <9ef657ec.0408060046.38b295d5@posting.google.com>, John
McGraw <dudleydorite9@Yahoo.com> writes
>Steve Lee <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
>news:<ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com>...
>> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
>> very minute white specks all over the lens. I tried cleaning them off
>> with a lens cloth, but none of them even bother to streak, let alone
>> get cleaned off.
>>
>> I did not notice these white specks before. There was a very small
>> and slight finger print that was made on the lens when my little girl
>> handled the camera (I've since told her that this camera is only for
>> dad and she can play with the 35mm camera to hear't content) and I was
>> able to clean that off without too much hassle with the lens cloth.
>> That was 3 days ago and didn't notice them then.
>>
>> But I just inspected the lens and just noticed these white specks.
>> The specks don't show up at all in many different settings I took the
>> pictures in.
>>
>> Are these specks supposed to be there and I just haven't noticed them
>> before or is there something wrong with my lens? I plan to take the
>> camera to the store I bought it from, but since I bought it from a big
>> electronics chain store and not a camera specialty shop, I doubt if
>> they're too informed about these things.
>>
>> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
>> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
>> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
>> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
>> and courtesy!
>
>I don't think it's a photographic urban myth that the sun can be
>focused through a mounted lens and burn a hole in the focal plane
>shutter. However I'm not clear on wheather or not digital cameras have
>focal plane shutters. John

DSLRs do, others don't.

The damage to FP shutters was mostly a feature of cloth shutters which
were used in the 1970s and early 80s. From then on, most use metal
bladed shutters, which would not have holes burned in them by focussed
sunlight. However, direct sunlight can cause all sorts of other problems
(heating, deterioration of lubricating oils, photochemical oxidation of
plastics etc.) so it is ^never^ a good idea to leave cameras exposed to
sunlight unnecessarily.
--
David Littlewood

 

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On 6 Aug 2004 01:57:34 -0700, dudleydorite9@Yahoo.com (John McGraw)
wrote:

>Steve Lee <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message news:<ke71h0lgdsptloj5amsb90qag463masvok@4ax.com>...
>> I just bought a Sony DSC-W1 not two weeks ago and just noticed these
[snip]
>> Oh, and while I have your attention, is it harmful to expose my
>> camera's lens to bright light/sunlight? Someone told me that I should
>> have filters for my lens if I'll be using it outdoors in sunny
>> condition to protect the lens. Is this true? Thanks for your time
>> and courtesy!
>
>Also I forgot to mention in my earlier post that white specs that
>stick, sound suspiciously like ash from a forest fire. Have you had a
>fire around your neck of the woods? Having lived in Calif. for ~40 yrs
>I've had far too many opportunities to observe this phenomena. Good
>luck John

Nope, no forest fires, but still, you're kind of close. It still had
to do with nature anyway. They were some fine mists of water that had
dried up on the lens. I had just come back from a camping trip and
one of the hikes we took led us to a waterfall and I didn't got around
to putting away the camera before some fine mists were felt in the
air.

I got them off now, but not before I had an interesting experience. I
posted the below at rec.photo.misc. I don't think I'll ever be going
back to that supposed camera specialty shop again.

Thanks for all the replies!
==========
I just dropped by a what is supposedly a camera specialty shop in town
to have these white specks on the lens of my camera looked at because
I was having difficulty wiping them off with my microfiber cleaning
cloth.

When the clerk took a look at my camera, she told me it's just some
fine mist that dried out on the lens and said that they can just be
wiped off. Then to my horror, she pinched a corner the sweater she
was wearing and proceeded to rub the phuqing lens with it!!!

Considering how the rep worked in a camera specialty shop, shouldn't
she have grabbed a lens cleaning cloth, such as the microfiber one I
have, and clean the lens with that??? I mean, can you think of anyone
who supposedly knows anything about cameras just clean their lens with
some sweater they're wearing???

I felt like yanking the camera away from her, but remained calm and
suggested the microfiber cloth I had in the case. She then said that
she had a better idea and came back with a Q-Tip and started to rub
the lens with it. Is Q-Tip normally used without any solvent or
cleaning agents? She rubbed a totally dry Q-Tip on the lens. Is this
safe?

Once she finished, I walked out of the store, went straight to a
restroom (this supposed camera specialty shop's in a mall) and checked
out the lens. There are no visible scratches on the lens, but I was
told that some scratches on a lens aren't necessarily visible to the
human eye because they're so fine, but it's still damaged the lens.

Are there ways to check whether my lens have been scratched at all?
Thanks.

 

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"Steve Lee" <NOLIKEsteve.leeSPAM@rediffmail.com> wrote in message
> Oh, I see. Darn, sorry. And man, I didn't even consider that before.
> It sure would be inconvinient having to put the darn lenses on and
> off. I just assumed that you can leave them on all the time. Stupid
> me....ignorance always costs me like this. Damn!!

Well, you could leave the filter on the adapter. That should only take a
couple of seconds to pop on.
Richard