Praise of Zeiss cleaning towels

[Orio]

Did I praise enough Zeiss cleaning towels?
Nothing clean lenses like them to my experience, and I have tried many products.
They leave absolutely zero traces, they remove everything is on the lens.

Before them, I used to never clean lenses until really necessary. But now I feel much more confident. After a whole day out photographing, like yesterday, the lenses may have gathered dirt on the surface, even if not visible to human eye. But especially if you have been in lawns, your lens might have gathered micro biological stuff including spores.
So I took as habit to always clean front glass of lenses after a long day out like yesterday (not if I just take it out for an hour). With the Zeiss towels I am confident about doing it, only precaution is to blow pumpet on glass before passing the towel, to remove possible dust.
To store lenses that have clean glass means less risk of fungus activity.

Last but not least, the Zeiss towels are really cheap. Much cheaper than other products like the Eclipse fluids for instance.
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LENSES: Russian, Zeiss, Leitz, old Nikkors.
DSLR: Canon 5D, 400D. SLR: Voigtländer Bessaflex TM, Nikon FM2, Canon 50E, Contax 167MT.
RANGEFINDERS: Contax G2, Canonette QL17. MEDIUM FORMAT: Pentacon 6, Zeiss Super Ikonta.
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[F16SUNSHINE]

Thanks Orio
I have seen these and wanted to try them. We don't have a place that sells them locally. I will have to order some from e aye. Your report is very useful. The marketplace is so full of items it is hard to weed out good products from really great ones. Of course the word Zeiss on the package is a dead giveaway for this one
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Canon: 5D,40D Contax: Aria,RTS,RTS II, RX Leica: CL Voigtlander: Bessa L
Pentax: Spotmatic,SpotmaticF,MX,6x7
Yashica FR, FX3, 124G
Asahi:SuperTak4/17,1.4/50,SMC1.4/50 1.8/55,3.5/55(67), 2.5/105(67)
Contax: 4/18 2.8/28 2.8/35 1.4/50 2.8/60 1.4/85 2.8/85 2/100 3.5/100 2.8/180
Rollie SL CZ 1.4/85
Leica 2/90
Nikkor 1.2/55
Vivitar S1 2.8/105macro 28-90
Voigtlander 4.5/15 4/25 1.4/40
Yashica ML 3.5/21 2.8/24 2.8/28 2/50 1.7/50 1.4/50 4/55macro 2.8/135 70-210
Zuiko 2/21 3.5/21 2/24 3.5/24shift 2/28 2/35 1.8/50 2.8/100
Russian/DDR/German: CZ 4.5/40 CZ 2.8/50 Trioplan 2.8/100 Primoplan 1.9/58 Mir 1 helios 44-2 industar 3.5/50
Rangefinders Yashica: YE w 2.8/5cm, 35, Lynx 1000, 5000, 14E IC, MinisterIII, Electro 35G, GS, GT, GSN, GTN, GL, GX, CC Canon QL17III, Konica S2, S1.6 Plaubel Makina II

[poilu]

thanks for remind
I don't clean much my glass and when I do I use microfiber tissue, sometimes with Eclipse when really dirty.
But I forget about the spores issue and I will order Zeiss cleaning towels
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Have a nice day

[lahnet]

Where do you buy them WWW ?
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[Laurence]

And, of course, even before you use a cleaning towel, be sure to blow as much dirt as possible off your lens.

Either compressed air, or even some good strong breaths on the lens, will take away at least a good share of the larger grit.

If you can follow that with a soft brush, it would be even better.

No sense wiping that grit around, even with the best cleaning towels...
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Using: M42 lens system
Using: Contaflex 126 system
Using: Mamiya RB67 Pro-S system
Cameras in Use: Yashica Mat 124, Revueflex 3003, Yashica Electro 35, Pentax K110D, Contaflex 126, Mamiya RB67 Pro-S

Lenses in Use: Zeiss Tele-Tessar 135/2.8, Industar 50/3.5, Zeiss Sonnar 85/2.8, Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8, Zeiss Distagon 32/2.8, Tamron SP 35-80, Tamron SP 70-210, Soligor Macro 35-70, Vivitar 100-300, Mamiya-Sekor 65/4.5, CZJ Flektogon 20/4, Zeiss Pantar 45/2.8

[Attila]

[Laurence]

[F16SUNSHINE]

Or maybe your breath is the secret weapon against fungus
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Canon: 5D,40D Contax: Aria,RTS,RTS II, RX Leica: CL Voigtlander: Bessa L
Pentax: Spotmatic,SpotmaticF,MX,6x7
Yashica FR, FX3, 124G
Asahi:SuperTak4/17,1.4/50,SMC1.4/50 1.8/55,3.5/55(67), 2.5/105(67)
Contax: 4/18 2.8/28 2.8/35 1.4/50 2.8/60 1.4/85 2.8/85 2/100 3.5/100 2.8/180
Rollie SL CZ 1.4/85
Leica 2/90
Nikkor 1.2/55
Vivitar S1 2.8/105macro 28-90
Voigtlander 4.5/15 4/25 1.4/40
Yashica ML 3.5/21 2.8/24 2.8/28 2/50 1.7/50 1.4/50 4/55macro 2.8/135 70-210
Zuiko 2/21 3.5/21 2/24 3.5/24shift 2/28 2/35 1.8/50 2.8/100
Russian/DDR/German: CZ 4.5/40 CZ 2.8/50 Trioplan 2.8/100 Primoplan 1.9/58 Mir 1 helios 44-2 industar 3.5/50
Rangefinders Yashica: YE w 2.8/5cm, 35, Lynx 1000, 5000, 14E IC, MinisterIII, Electro 35G, GS, GT, GSN, GTN, GL, GX, CC Canon QL17III, Konica S2, S1.6 Plaubel Makina II

[poilu]

[Attila]

To get fungus highly depend from storage , if you use your lenses frequently and air humidity level rare going above 60% , store without caps. You do a lot for your lenses In any other case you risk them to get fungus. Hard to recognize fungus at the beginning. Perhaps you eat lot of spice and kill them
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Olympus E-1,Nikon FA,Pentax MX,Praktica VLC3,Olympus-OM2N,Yashica Eletro 35 GN,Exakta Varex IIb,
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Carl Zeiss Jena:Flektogon 2.8/20mm,4/25mm,2.4/35,2.8/65mm,4.5/4cm Tessar
Pancolar 1.4/55mm,1.8/50mm,1.8/80mm,Tessar 2.8/50mm,Biotar 2/58mm,1.5/75mm,1.5/7,5cm
Carl Zeiss: Sonnar 2.8/135,2.8/180mm,Tessar 4/135mm
Nikon: 3.5/20mm,2.8/28mm,1.4/35mm,1.4/50mm,1.2/50mm,2/50mm,1.8/105mm,2.5/105mm,2.8/180mm,4/200mm macro,4.5/300mm
Pentax: Pentax 1.2/50mm,1.8/85mm,4/200mm
Helios: Helios-40 1.5/8,5cm,Helios-44-1 2/58mm,Helios-44-2 2/58mm
Olympus OM: 3.5/18mm,3.5/21mm,1.4/50mm,3.5/55mm macro,2.8/135mm,2/90mm macro,35-70mm,60-250mm
Meyer: 4.5/35mm Primagon,Primoplan 1.9/58mm,1.9/75mm,2.8/100mm,Orestegor 2.8/135mm,4.5/40 Helioplan

[Laurence]

[Orio]

Yes Larry, blowing off dust before cleaning is mandatory - I think I mentioned it, or did I forget?

As for purchase, I bought mine on Ebay, from a USA seller.
I don't have the identity now because stupid Ebay erases the archives after 6 months.
Try searching for "Zeiss cleaning" - I just did but for some reason connection to Ebay seems to be missing from here at the moment.
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ХОРИОС-61 ( ώρεος ) : Lens sana in corpore sano

Main Tools:
LENSES: Russian, Zeiss, Leitz, old Nikkors.
DSLR: Canon 5D, 400D. SLR: Voigtländer Bessaflex TM, Nikon FM2, Canon 50E, Contax 167MT.
RANGEFINDERS: Contax G2, Canonette QL17. MEDIUM FORMAT: Pentacon 6, Zeiss Super Ikonta.
Read Full List HERE
www.timelessphotography.eu
www.oriofoto.net

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. " (George Orwell)
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[Farside]

[Orio]

I found them !!

Click here to see on Ebay

180 tissues for 10 Euros
One tissue is enough to clean all the lenses that you used in one day.
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ХОРИОС-61 ( ώρεος ) : Lens sana in corpore sano

Main Tools:
LENSES: Russian, Zeiss, Leitz, old Nikkors.
DSLR: Canon 5D, 400D. SLR: Voigtländer Bessaflex TM, Nikon FM2, Canon 50E, Contax 167MT.
RANGEFINDERS: Contax G2, Canonette QL17. MEDIUM FORMAT: Pentacon 6, Zeiss Super Ikonta.
Read Full List HERE
www.timelessphotography.eu
www.oriofoto.net

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. " (George Orwell)
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[Fotal]

Thanks Orio, I've just ordered a set to try out.
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Mr Scott please restrain your leaps of illogic. I have said nothing. I was merely speculating.