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The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies

Lesson 68 from: Fundamentals of Photography 2016

John Greengo

The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies

Lesson 68 from: Fundamentals of Photography 2016

John Greengo

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Lesson Info

68. The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

17:26
2

Welcome to Photography

13:08
3

Camera Types Overview

02:00
4

Viewing Systems

28:43
5

Viewing Systems Q&A

08:45
6

Lens Systems

32:06
7

Shutter Systems

13:17
8

Shutter Speeds

10:47
9

Choosing a Shutter Speed

31:30
10

Shutter Speeds for Handholding

08:36
11

Shutter Speed Pop Quiz

09:06
12

Camera Settings

25:35
13

General Camera Q&A

14:38
14

Sensor Sizes: The Basics

15:33
15

Sensor Sizes: Compared

19:10
16

Pixels

20:13
17

ISO

21:13
18

Sensor Q&A

13:34
19

Focal Length: Overview

11:09
20

Focal Length: Angle of View

15:09
21

Wide Angle Lenses

08:48
22

Telephoto Lenses

25:23
23

Angle of View Q&A

09:29
24

Fish Eye Lenses

10:39
25

Tilt & Shift Lenses

23:42
26

Subject Zone

17:19
27

Lens Speed

09:56
28

Aperture Basics

08:46
29

Depth of Field

21:49
30

Aperture Pop Quiz

13:23
31

Lens Quality

18:30
32

Photo Equipment Life Cycle

03:57
33

Light Meter Basics

09:25
34

Histogram

15:25
35

Histogram Pop Quiz and Q&A

10:58
36

Dynamic Range

06:03
37

Exposure Modes

15:58
38

Manual Exposure

09:38
39

Sunny 16 Rule

05:54
40

Exposure Bracketing

10:18
41

Exposure Values

27:21
42

Exposure Pop Quiz

26:43
43

Focus Overview

16:15
44

Focusing Systems

05:15
45

Autofocus Controls

11:56
46

Focus Points

07:35
47

Autofocusing on Subjects

20:19
48

Manual Focus

07:52
49

Digital Focusing Assistance

03:40
50

Focus Options: DSLR and Mirrorless

04:58
51

Shutter Speeds for Sharpness and DoF

05:20
52

Depth of Field Pop Quiz

12:14
53

Depth of Field Camera Features

04:54
54

Lens Sharpness

09:58
55

Camera Movement

05:20
56

Handheld and Tripod Focusing

04:32
57

Advanced Techniques

07:12
58

Hyperfocal Distance

06:50
59

Hyperfocal Quiz and Focusing Formula

04:36
60

Micro adjust and AF Fine Tune

05:34
61

Focus Stacking and Post Sharpening

06:00
62

Focus Problem Pop Quiz

18:07
63

The Gadget Bag: Camera Accessories

25:30
64

The Gadget Bag: Lens Accessories

12:46
65

The Gadget Bag: Neutral Density Filter

20:43
66

The Gadget Bag: Lens Hood and Teleconverters

08:55
67

The Gadget Bag: Lens Adapters

05:43
68

The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies

04:34
69

The Gadget Bag: Macro Lenses and Accessories

15:57
70

The Gadget Bag: Flash and Lighting

05:08
71

The Gadget Bag: Tripods and Accessories

18:50
72

The Gadget Bag: Custom Cases

11:20
73

10 Thoughts on Being a Photographer

07:37
74

Direct Sunlight

25:04
75

Indirect Sunlight

18:49
76

Sunrise and Sunset

18:39
77

Cloud Light

14:48
78

Golden Hour

09:50
79

Light Pop Quiz

07:53
80

Light Management

14:00
81

Artificial Light

13:56
82

Speedlights

16:02
83

Off-Camera Flash

27:38
84

Advanced Flash Techniques

09:49
85

Editing Overview

08:24
86

Editing Set-up

08:06
87

Importing Images

16:45
88

Best Use of Files and Folders

20:54
89

Culling

20:56
90

Develop: Fixing in Lightroom

18:13
91

Develop: Treating Your Images

10:53
92

Develop: Optimizing in Lightroom

14:51
93

Art of Editing Q&A

06:01
94

Composition Overview

06:53
95

Photographic Intrusions

10:10
96

Mystery and Working the Scene

16:18
97

Point of View

09:11
98

Better Backgrounds

16:02
99

Unique Perspective

11:02
100

Angle of View

15:06
101

Subject Placement

41:14
102

Subject Placement Q&A

05:18
103

Panorama

07:39
104

Multishot Techniques

13:57
105

Timelapse

16:13
106

Human Vision vs The Camera

20:07
107

Visual Perception

08:35
108

Visual Balance Test

22:56
109

Visual Drama

12:25
110

Elements of Design

28:57
111

The Photographic Process

12:28
112

Working the Shot

27:38
113

The Moment

04:42
114

One Hour Photo - Colby Brown

1:04:32
115

One Hour Photo - John Keatley

1:03:05
116

One Hour Photo - Art Wolfe

59:01
117

One Hour Photo - Rocco Ancora

1:01:20
118

One Hour Photo - Mike Hagen

1:01:20
119

One Hour Photo - Lisa Carney

1:00:52
120

One Hour Photo - Ian Shive

1:08:00
121

One Hour Photo - Sandra Coan

1:10:29
122

One Hour Photo - Daniel Gregory

1:06:07
123

One Hour Photo - Scott Robert Lim

1:05:41

Lesson Info

The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies

All right lets finish up our stuff on lenses. So lens cleaning. These little lens cloths are all you really need to clean a lens. I know there are so many, you buy a camera kit and it gives you a 10-part lens cleaning kit. And it's just not necessary in my mind. All ya need is one of these lens cleaning cloths. And lets go ahead and clean a lens. My favorite video of this whole class because I tried this so many times. I had to lean into the frame just far enough. Get just the right amount of hot air on the lens and then do it again and again and again. Or maybe I'm just looping this video back and forth. One of the two I'm not sure. And so that's how I clean my lenses. All right so removing filters. I secretly love when somebody has a filter stuck on their camera, because I love the challenge. I can do that, I can muscle that off that lens. And it's not so much the muscle. It's the technique. If you have a lens that is stuck on, it's usually not muscle that'll get a lot get it off. It...

is technique. Whether it's a UV filter or it's a polarizer filter. The reason it gets stuck on is sometimes when you put it on, you're squeezing the filter, turning it into an ever-so-slight oval, and it just kinda gets caught in a perfect position. And when you grab it from a different position, you are squeezing it in the opposite oval shape, and it's stuck. And so you just need to change your finger position on where you are grabbing it. And so kinda my first thing is I grab it here, and here and here and here, and all the different possibilities. And sometimes you wanna grab it as lightly as possible so grabbing it in as many places as possible, changing your grip on it. And sometimes you have to use the lightest pressure possible because any sort of pressure is pushing and forcing it into an oval. And I've had situations and, we know the stereotypical situation where somebody's just muscling muscling muscling, and then someone comes over and goes, whoop! And it comes right off. And it's sometimes that whole less pressure, just calm down and smoothly take it off. Sometimes things get dropped and they get bent and they have filter wrenches that you can get 'em off. But generally this technique will work quite well. The other thing that works quite well is using the palm of your hand, and if that doesn't work, then you gotta go to the bottom of the shoe. You generally get a nice big rubber flat surface, put it on top, and then you could spin it off like that. You saw the filter case that I had here. This is what I will use when I'm out in the field. I like this a lot 'cause it holds five little filters. If I'm holding a belt I'll just put it in here and then I have access to my filters right like this. I know it looks a little like a goofy fanny pack and they're not cool and all, but when I wanna use a filter, I wanna have things handy right here so I can put on my polarizers and this has five different slots in here. Let's see I think I got a slide for that. There we go. And so I can just keep my little filters in there when I am needing those on a regular basis. So that's a handy way of doing that. And that's a 10 15 mil, $15 little item that's very handy to use. I may have missed this, but I know you talked about speed boosters for micro four thirds using a full-frame lens. In theory or do they have speed boosters for crop sensors? Like on a Canon 60D or 70D Right. that can use a full frame set lens. 'Cause I know there you should be able to mount both onto the camera, but be able to get that image. Right. So I was using the four thirds as just an example. So it would work on the 1.5 or 1.6 crop that you're talking about. In theory but lets talk about what you're talking about specifically, because you have a Canon 70D right? 70D and a 60D. OK. Speed booster's not going to work on that, and the problem is is that you have an SLR. Got it. And that puts that flange distance out there, and there's no room because your lens needs to be mounted right up to the lens mount. If you had a mirrorless camera, and lets see say the Sony a Right. Crop frame camera, 1.5 crop frame sensor, but it's a mirrorless camera. Then we have room for an adaptor where we could do that. And so on your Canon and Nikon, most of your, lets say it this way. Your Canon and Nikon SLRs, you're not gonna get a speed booster on there. Not gonna work. Alright thank you.

Class Materials

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Fundamentals of Photography Outline

Bonus Materials with Purchase

Learning Project Videos
Learning Projects PDF
Slides for The Camera Lessons 1-13
Slides for The Sensor Lessons 14-18
Slides for The Lens Lessons 19-31
Slides for The Exposure Lessons 32-42
Slides for Focus Lessons 43-62
Slides for The Gadget Bag Lessons 63-72
Slides for Light Lesson 73-84
Slides for the Art of Edit Lessons 85-93
Slides for Composition Lesson 94-105
Slides for Photographic Vision Lessons 106-113

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a Creativelive Student
 

Love love all John Greengo classes! Wish to have had him decades ago with this info, but no internet then!! John is the greatest photography teacher I have seen out there, and I watch a lot of Creative Live classes and folks on YouTube too. John is so detailed and there are a ton of ah ha moments for me and I know lots of others. I think I own 4 John Greengo classes so far and want to add this one and Travel Photography!! I just drop everything to watch John on Creative Live. I wish sometime soon he would teach a Lightroom class and his knowledge on photography post editing.!!! That would probably take a LOT OF TIME but I know John would explain it soooooo good, like he does all his Photography classes!! Thank you Creative Live for having such a wonderful instructor with John Greengo!! Make more classes John, for just love them and soak it up! There is soooo much to learn and sometimes just so overwhelming. Is there anyway you might do a Motivation class!!?? Like do this button for this day, and try this technique for a week, or post this subject for this week, etc. Motivation and inspiration, and playing around with what you teach, needed so much and would be so fun.!! Just saying??? Awaiting gadgets class now, while waiting for lunch break to be over. All the filters and gadgets, oh my. Thank you thank you for all you teach John, You are truly a wonderful wonderful instructor and I would highly recommend folks listening and buying your classes.

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I don't think that adjectives like beautiful, fantastic or excellent can describe the course and classes with John Greengo well enough. I've just bought my first camera and I am a total amateur but I fell in love with photography while watching the classes with John. It is fun, clear, understandable, entertaining, informative and and and. He is not only a fabulous photographer but a great teacher as well. Easy to follow, clear explanations and fantastic visuals. The only disadvantage I can list here that he is sooooo good that keeps me from going out to shoot as I am just glued to the screen. :-) Don't miss it and well worth the money invested! Thank you John!

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