How to clean Lenses & Cameras - a beginners guide to looking after your photography gear.

Tips for looking after, storing & cleaning your camera & lenses.

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About this video :
Looking after your camera gear is very important, so in this video Paul from Photo Genius talks about storing photography gear, cleaning cameras and lenses and shares some cool bonus tips. #photography #cameras

[photogenius]

Make sure you watch the full video for bonus tips! Please LIKE and SHARE to help support my channel - Thank You 😀
Paul @ Photo Genius

[dianeschuller]

This is one of the most useful, and thorough, videos for anyone with a camera. Definitely going to share this with others. Thank you!

[Jacob_Roberts]

Thank you. Videos about how to care for your equipment are rare. Most videos deal with filmmaking technique and which equipment to buy.

[MrMMAJER]

Thank you, nobody talks about proper storage of camera gear. I'm glad I've been doing it right.

[donnalowe]

I`ve cleaned all my cameras and lenses several times and it has saved me many trips to the repair shop

[tekinfokraft]

Just bought a Nikon D5600 bundle off Amazon for Christmas present to ourselves. Thankful to learn more about care & maintenance before it's too late. I will tune in to other videos as well to learn more about making best use of this gear.

[OujiDarkmatter]

I learned many years ago when buying a lense to NEVER leave the store without an affixed UV filter, great video!

[ashstubbings]

Thanks Paul, I found that really helpful. You know when you realise you've been making some 'schoolboy errors' with regards to cleaning and storing your kit, a video like this can really be useful. For instance, I totally forgot that the lens hood can be screwed on the other way for easier storage! LOL

[MrMiss-cpbw]

1:20 Inside voice: _Nonononono_ 😁 *giggles*
- Can't wait to see the rest of the video, but have to comment: I nearly always walk around with 3 lenses, and before changing (which I rarely do) I always have the cap in a convenient pocket and before changing I have my back-cover handy and have the camera pointed down (if able) - I make sure to swap quickly, and have everything handy *before* taking my lens off, which I'm sure you'll also recommend later 😉😄

E) The silica bucket is really nice! I'll have to get one of those too - And I store my gear the same way. Makes for a nice overview, I like looking at my gear too and well.. I don't have a dedicated camera bag yet 😄
I work in a supermarket, and often I find smaller bags with silica and I nearly always nick'em (We throw them out anyway) 😁
And good tip about filters. I have a set of step up/down rings and BOY can they be a pain to remove 😑

[pdlagasse]

Nice to see you recommending the silica gel packs. I haven’t seen anyone else mention this technique. I bought a bag of 100 packs online a couple of years ago and I carry them along with zip-lock plastic bags big enough for camera body and lenses. One time I had a camera die on me after shooting an event in a downpour (fortunately it was a company camera!). The camera and lenses each went into separate bags with silica packs, and within a couple weeks the camera turned on like nothing had happened. (Just remember to take the battery and cards out and leave all the doors open!)

[jacktoddy]

There are several of these videos on YouTube - I thought yours was explicit and sensible. It is amazing how many people clean lenses then place a dirty cap over the lens object glass.

[Transformers_nerd_stop_motions]

Thank you so much for answering questions I was unsure of!

[joesmalltown]

I have ordered a canon 2000d and im currently waiting trying to gather as much knowledge as possivle so i know how to use the camera when it arrives and id say im pretty well on the way. Thanks for making your videos clear and easy to understand.

[colinweir]

Yay ! Someone else who cleans their lens caps.

[christinecourtney]

I have been looking for this type of information since I started taking photos. Thank you. Lots of good information.

[steveboys]

One of the most useful videos I've ever seen Paul, Thanks very much. The "marigolds" tip has just saved me from a stuck circular polariser filter ( as you'll know the front part is meant to rotate, so it was quite difficult to get a grip ... as it is in life more generally! )

[shellymagruder]

Thank you! I am new to cameras, but definitely learned alot today.

[avenegas]

Great Photography teacher, you keep dealing with every issue related with photographic stuff.
Five Platinum Stars for it, thanks a lot!!!

[earavichandran]

Wonderful tips. Much needed video.
Almost I follow all tips, except the camera bag cleaning. Today i will clean it.

Thanks for your valuable video.

[koteto]

This was very informative and helpful, thank you! ☺️