Also, modern, new lenses are expensive. Our current Rodenstock camera lenses currently retail from $1,600.00 ± to over $6,500.00 each. They are really not designed to be continuously cleaned, especially in the field. Cleaning techniques vary tremendously from photographer to photographer and it is not at all uncommon to see cleaning marks on lenses, be they Rodenstock, Schneider, Fuji or any other brand.
Yes, we also see cleaning marks of filters as well. But a new filter is a fraction of a new lens or a repair.
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