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My $45 lens cleaning kit paid for itself in one afternoon
Picked up a cheap cleaning set with a blower, brush, and solution after noticing haze on my old Pentax 50mm. Spent maybe 45 minutes carefully wiping element by element under a bright lamp. That lens went from soft and washed out to tack sharp again. I was about to drop $150 on a replacement, so the kit basically made my whole weekend. Has anyone else had luck reviving a cloudy lens or is it usually a lost cause?
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the_amy7d ago
45 minutes and a $45 kit vs $150 on a new lens, thats the kind of math I can get behind. Usually haze is fungus and thats a death sentence, so you got lucky it was just gunk. Meanwhile I'll keep telling myself my dusty 28mm is "character
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