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How do you clean your PD or VX?

LarsCA
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Apr 27, 2006, 2:41 PM

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Just ordered my first Sony VX2100 (and probably last, since the next camera I buy will be HD). What do you use to clean it? Any recommendations, tips, links, etc.? To this day, I usually just use the little bulb blower for the lens, sometimes I swipe it with a lens cleaning towel (don't know what those guys are called) and as for the heads... Well, I've never cleaned mine. I haven't used my current camcorder that much, and I haven't had any problems with it. Does anyone use a filter on the lens to protect it from scratches and dirt?

I'd like to take good care of my new camera, but I don't know what's really necessary.

Grateful for any responses.

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Spencer Wood
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Apr 27, 2006, 3:07 PM

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Yes, I definately recommend you put a filter on for protection. That way you will virtually never need to touch the lens and risk damaging it. In fact, a few years ago, I gave up on lens caps too. They were always getting in the way or just a bother when I was grabbing the cam in a hurry. So I just let the protection filter serve the same purpose.

LarsCA
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Apr 28, 2006, 2:35 AM

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What filter do you put on the lens? Is it like a film, or a piece of glass? And how does that work if I want to slap a wideangle lens ontop of it all? Is one brand better than the other? (I have lots of questions, as you can see...)

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Tim
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Apr 28, 2006, 10:13 AM

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For the outside of my customers camera's I'll use either 409 or a Windex type product and spray onto the cloth before wiping it down. I go through a lot of Q-Tips as well. A lot of these cameras have been on fishing or hunting shoots and they're filthy. I wouldn't recomend any head cleaning unless you really know what you're doing. The 1000 is a pain to get to. The 200, 2100, 150, etc are a little easier but still require quite a bit of disassembly. If you get into say a DSR-1 or equivalent accessing the drum is much easier but I still wouldn't recommend cleaning it unless you're experienced

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