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Why you should keep your lenses super clean

April 14, 2010 by Steve Berardi 18 Comments

One of the consequences of shooting photos outdoors is that you’ll constantly be getting dust or dirt on your lenses and filters.

It’s easy to forget about this dust and just deal with it by removing any specks in your photos later in Photoshop, but sometimes those specks won’t always appear on a nice blue sky, so it’s important to keep your filters and lenses super clean at all times. [Read more…] about Why you should keep your lenses super clean

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