| The Camera Body Exterior
 Camera bodies and
lenses are pretty well sealed against dust and moisture. So you don't really ever have to clean the exteriors of your
camera equipment. On the other hand, if you don't want the dirt and crud that is on the camera body to work its way into your camera bag and from there onto an optical surface, it is worth wiping off the
camera body with a soft cloth. Slightly dampening the cloth with plain water certainly won't do any harm, though this wouldn't be
Canon or
Nikon's recommendation.
Lenses
Basic lens cleaning tools are a blower, a microfiber cloth, and lens cleaning fluid. Try to blast dust off the lens with the blower or canned air. Finger prints can be removed with a circular wipe of the new miracle
micro fiber cloth. Persistent dirt should be removed with lens cleaning fluid, of which the safest is probably Kodak. Always
apply the fluid onto the cloth and then wipe the lens; never put fluid directly onto a lens.
Even if your lenses don't look dirty, every few months you should give exposed surfaces a cleaning with
Residual Oil Remover (ROR). Even if you were able to protect your optics from all environmental sources of filth, there would still be crud condensing on your optics as camera bag plastics outgas. It is tough to verify ROR's claims, but the optics do look visibly clearer after an ROR treatment and the $4.50 price won't kill you.
If you are going to use an expensive lens in a dusty or wet environment and don't want to obsess over your equipment, keep a
UV filter on the lens and count on replacing the filter every year or two.
Cleaning Brands: Nikon, Giotto, LensPen,
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Brushes
Brands: Nikon, Static Master, Visible Dust, Lenspen, Digital Foci, The Dust Patrol,
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Cleaning Kits
Brands: Nikon, Giotto, Lenspen, Photographic Solutions, Micro-Tools Kit, Giotto's, Canon,
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Camera Cloths
Brands: Nikon, Alpine Innovations, Memtek, Purosol, Lee, Zeiss,
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