14. Maintenance procedures
14.5 Cleaning the lens
To minimize the possibility of damag e to optical co atings, or scratches to lens surfaces follow the cleaning
procedure as described here precisely.
Necessary tools
• Compressed air.
• Clean Tora ysee® cloth or an y micr o fiber lens c leaning cloth.
• Clean cotton cloth.
Necessary parts
Lens c leaner (e.g. Carl Zeiss lens cleaner or Purasol® or any water-based lens cleaner)
How to clean the lens?
1. Blow off dust with clean compr essed air (or pressurized air cans
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).
2. Clean with lens c leaner together with a clean lens cleaning cloth to remov e t he dus t and contam ination. Use bi
g wipes in one
single direc tion.
Warning: Do not wipe back and forwards across the lens surface as this tends to grind dirt into the coating.
3. Use a dry lens cleaning cloth to remove left liquid or stripes. Polish with small circles.
4. If there ar e still fingerprints on the surface, wipe them off w ith lens cleaner together with a clean lens cleaning cloth. Polish again
with a dry one.
If smears occur when cleaning l enses, rep lace the cloth. S mears are the firstindicationofadirtycloth.
4. Pressurized air cans are not efficient if there is too much dust on the surface, the pressure is too low
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