A Good, Cheap Lens Cloth

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Before you start shooting, you should always give your lenses a quick cleaning with a microfiber cleaning cloth. Some folks like to do it when they pack their gear at the end of a shoot (so it’s always ready for the next shoot), and some folks do it once the lens is attached to their camera, right before they start to shoot. It doesn’t matter when you do it, just that you actually remember to do it before you start shooting. Here’s why this is so important: if you open a shot in Lightroom or Photoshop and you notice there’s a speck or spot or fingerprint on it from the outside of your lens, it’s not just on that one shot—it’s ...

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