How to disinfect a camera and lens with out damaging it?

4 years 1 month ago #680093 by Ottis
I've done some searches and didn't find the answer.  I know in the past people have recommended NOT to use spray cleaner on your camera gear. However normal camera wipes don't disinfect.  So how are you disinfecting your camera gear?  

Can we use disinfect spray cleaner?  I'm wiping down my phone a few times per day.  Will this damage my camera? 


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4 years 1 month ago #680104 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day ottis

Well the authorities are telling us that "a good wash with soap and water is needed to keep us clean" so maybe ........ !

Seriously tho~ any alcohol based wipes should do the job satisfactorily. You will find them littered across pharmacy shelves, most supermarkets and even corner stores, but you will pay a bit more from them

Phil from the great land Downunder
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4 years 1 month ago #680106 by effron
Yup, alcohol on a micro fiber wipe....

Why so serious?
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4 years 1 month ago #680117 by Shadowfixer1
You could just leave it out in the open for 4 days and the virus will die on it's own. It doesn't survive forever on inanimate objects.
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4 years 1 month ago #680120 by garyrhook
Perhaps a policy of "you don't touch the camera after touching something else until you disinfect your hands"?

Or, use a disinfecting wipe on it when you're done.

We all have the virus anyways... it's just a matter of who it's going to affect.

Cynical enough? :)


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4 years 1 month ago #680122 by Nikon Shooter
Metyl or Isopropylic alcohol 60~70% is good just
damping the tissue and not soaking it.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 1 month ago #680128 by Shadowfixer1

garyrhook wrote: We all have the virus anyways... it's just a matter of who it's going to affect.

Cynical enough? :)

You may not be far from wrong. I think it's been around longer than they are telling people. I swear I believe I contracted it back in mid December. I have never chilled that way in my life. I have never coughed so much in my life. It took me 8 weeks to get over it mostly. I still cough more than normal. My wife got it and it was just as bad. She still coughs more than normal. My mom took it as well as my niece who handled my phone for a few minutes. They both went through an illness like they never had before. People may say I am crazy because it wasn't in the U.S at that time, but I'll never believe anything other than I had it.
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4 years 1 month ago #680140 by Khelm
I didn't read this article so the information may have already been mentioned by other posters...

petapixel.com/2020/03/12/how-to-disinfec...oronavirus-pandemic/


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4 years 1 month ago #680181 by Roman Omell

Ozzie_Traveller wrote: G'day ottis

Well the authorities are telling us that "a good wash with soap and water is needed to keep us clean" so maybe ........ !

Seriously tho~ any alcohol based wipes should do the job satisfactorily. You will find them littered across pharmacy shelves, most supermarkets and even corner stores, but you will pay a bit more from them

Phil from the great land Downunder
www.flickr.com/photos/ozzie_traveller/sets/


Oh man!   LOL 

Did you see that video from a few years ago about the guy washing his camera with garden hose and brush?  :rofl:


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