Best way to clean a camera body?

What is the best way to clean a camera body? Lense? I have a D70 and

wanted to clean the camera of the grime of normal use. With my older

metal body cameras, I would use a weak ammonia solution. This was

applied with a soft cloth that was barely moisten with the ammonia

solution. With the D70 being plastic, I did not know what if anything

I could use to remove the dirt.

 

Thank you.

I usually stick to canned air and a soft brush. If there is a lot of dust, then some vacuuming beforehand may help. If there are greasy marks, I use some lens cleaning fluid on lens cleaning tissue. If very, very greasy, I use some Edwal film cleaning solution or 91% rubbing alcohol. I don't see how some Windex on a paper tissue can harm plastic, if that's your favorite solution. I try to stay away from fluids in general if I can help it.

I wipe down all my equipment with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol (70%) and water. I take a cloth and dip it in the solution and wring it out practically dry and wipe away!

 

This is used on film based equipment - not sure if it would make a difference for digital.

 

 

Bob S.

Get some 3M Desk and Office Cleaner. It's made for plastic and painted materials. I use a bit of foam dampened with it to get the dirt off and then buff with a soft cloth. It leaves a trace of a sheen, but it's not at all slimey or slipery. I think that Staples carries it.

Automatic Dishwasher, hehe!!!

Don't laugh Ron, the dishwasher will work if you use but a teaspoon of detergent and place the camera on the upper rack, make sure to keep the lenscap on! Bob.

Cascade or Sun Light dishwashing detergent? :>)

C'mon, guys, be nice! You know that some moron is actually going to try the dishwasher thing.

If your lens cleaner finish use contact lens cleaner. No joke. I usualy do.

good tip to use Cascade otherwise you might end up with spots ;-)

 

seriously dont they sell cleaning kits for digital camera? what does that consist of? can of compressed air, brush, and lint free cloth? cant imagine cleaning would be different from a film camera. dust is dust right?

Am I the only one who uses a cloth dampened with plain water?

did anyone else mention holding ur camera out the window @ the car wash?

I personally think you would have better results with the washing machine than the dishwasher.

 

When my d70 picked up some mud on the body all I did was take a damp rag, water only, and gently removed it.

For years I have had good luck using an old, soft toothbrush or small model brush dipped

in 70% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to clean off cameras; any excess moisture that gets in

the camera will evaporate quickly, and the alcohol works well to remove grime, grease, oil,

etc. Used with some common sense (test that the brush bristles are not too harsh and

scratch soft plastic or the alcohol doesn't remove some adhesive applied in a small

German factory seventy-five years ago) this cleans all manner of camera equipment.

I was trying to remove electrical tape adhesive from an Olympus OM-2 Flash attachment's plastic surface.

 

WD-40 is magical for this task. Got the surface clean and left a pleasing sheen.

 

Thanks for all your input.