So I've placed my order for my 35mm adapter and it should be here any week now I've been looking into saving some money in the lens department so I had a look around to see what I could find. I found a old pentax k1000 with a 50mm kit lens on it, it's only f/2 BUT it's free so that's major and I can't tell the difference right now
I also hit the (literal) motherload when I remember my mom had a camera from her old newspaper days. Sure enough I scored a 28mm, a 50mm and a 200mm, all of similar quality to the pentax (they are minolta brand). Well all of these lenses are full of smudges (no scratches that I can see, though) probably from children (aka, me and my siblings) finding the bag and playing with them over the years.
So what's the best way to clean them? I've seen cleaning kits and supplies from 5 bucks to 70, is it simply a matter of "you get what you pay for" or is there even a DIY home solution I could do for cheap? For example, toothpaste is a great way to get small scratches off of CD's (not that I plan on putting toothpaste on my lenses!), is there a trick like this? If not, what cleaning kits/supplies do you recommend?
Thanks people!
I also hit the (literal) motherload when I remember my mom had a camera from her old newspaper days. Sure enough I scored a 28mm, a 50mm and a 200mm, all of similar quality to the pentax (they are minolta brand). Well all of these lenses are full of smudges (no scratches that I can see, though) probably from children (aka, me and my siblings) finding the bag and playing with them over the years.
So what's the best way to clean them? I've seen cleaning kits and supplies from 5 bucks to 70, is it simply a matter of "you get what you pay for" or is there even a DIY home solution I could do for cheap? For example, toothpaste is a great way to get small scratches off of CD's (not that I plan on putting toothpaste on my lenses!), is there a trick like this? If not, what cleaning kits/supplies do you recommend?
Thanks people!