Me, too.

The Dust-Aid system isn't actually adhesive in the accepted sense. It's a "platinum cured silicone" impregnated pad. The only adhesive that's used is a mild sticky strip you place the impregnated pad on once to remove dust before use.

Tell that to johnnyboy - the "platinum cured silicone" impregnated pad sucked the coating off his sensor Poor chap - he just had to get that last little speck of dust in the corner. Right up to that point he was winning...

Al

Okay, on the subject of cleaning, how does one go about washing the lens cleaning cloths?
I've been told numerous different techniques, from washing using only bottled water, to simply throwing them in the washing machine with the rest of your laundry - though for this method you shouldn't use fabric softener.
So, how do you clean the cloths that clean your glass?

Mark

For microfibre cloths, I put them in the laundry with a load that's not too hot and without conditioner.
You can buy specific detergent, but I'm not that anal.

When the MF cloths were starting to appear a few years back, I got the impression from friends that the trusted Selvyt cloth was still a favourite, and I know you can stick that in the washing machine.

My microfibre cloths get chucked in the wash with everything else. Seems to work fine.

I have a cloth that came with my Apple Cinema Display, which appears to be a form of MF, but I don't know about washing instructions for that.

I use glass cleaner and a repro wipe. If it's good enough for a scanner drum, it's good enough for a camera lens IMO.

Righty - my turn now! Any advice for a 5D and lenses? Does the fact it's Fullframe make any difference? What are people's final recomendations now that they've tested a few things?

Edd - your sensor has been cleaned with DustAid on several occasions.

I've used DustAid, too. It seems to work as advertised.

It's a "dry" system, and if it's already been used on the 5D then there's no danger of pulling coatings away from the sensor.

I had a big bit of crud on my sensor whilst in Dorset and I used a Rocket Blower to clean it.
Put the camera on Bulb mode, hold the body upside down and start.
Be wary though, anything that's in there will likely fall out in your face. Trust me, I know.

Mark

n00b FAIL!

Ha, you think that's bad? When I was a child I once tipped a can of fizzy pop in my face because I tilted it up so I could see how much was left in it.

Mark

Oh dear

I had to raise this thread from the dead to say I recently (i.e. 10 minutes ago) cleaned my lens with a Lenspen Original. Wow. Best lens cleaning product I've used. No chemicals and no smears. Even my good microfibre cloth was causing smears.

I also got the pen for £7. The missus was in town so I asked her to pop into jacobs and said on a text "i think they're about 7 quid or something". The guy in Jacobs said "ok i'll do it for that" even though the ticket price in store is £10.99

(I've also bought a Sigma UV filter to protect the lens now its nice and clean)

Yup, I have one too and like it a lot. I did have to use some Eclipse Fluid for when I got salt-water over the front of a lens, but day-to-day cleaning is done with the lens pen (Also bought from Jacobs).