Clean and Care for Camera Equipment Properly

Posted: October 03, 2016

[caption id="attachment_12853" align="alignright" width="359"] Image from digital-photography-school.com[/caption] Most camera gear is expensive, which means that it's an investment that needs to be taken care of. Caring for equipment doesn't necessarily mean babying it or hardly using it. No matter how careful you are, sometimes the unavoidable happens and your equipment gets wet or dirty. Properly caring for and cleaning your camera equipment will keep it working and looking great. Daniel Smith, writer for Digital Photography School, shares how to care for camera equipment.

Step by Step How to Clean Camera Gear so it Stays in Good Shape

You may be very aware that photography equipment is not cheap. If you’re not, you’re in for a rude awakening! Camera bodies can cost thousands of dollars and it’s not uncommon for a lens to be even more expensive than a body! Sometimes it’s very tempting to baby your equipment; treat it with extra caution and wrap it up in cotton wool so as no harm will come to it. But with the right care and maintenance, your equipment will last and continue to perform for many years, no matter what, and without the babying! Being a professional photographer myself, my equipment is often subject to some not-so-camera-friendly circumstances. Rain, snow, dust, and even champagne (!) are not uncommon encounters for my equipment. Even though I generally take the right precautions (for example, I use rain covers on for my cameras and lenses if it’s raining) there are times when the conditions are just unavoidable and my equipment gets a little dirty. It’s going to happen. But because I care for my equipment (even though it may look like I don’t!), it keeps on performing and hasn’t let me down. So I thought that I would share some of my tips to help you do care and maintenance on your gear, too. Read the entire article Step by Step How to Cleam Camera Gear so it Stays in Good Shape on Digital Photography School.