We all know that damage to your lens is bad, but just how bad is bad? Chris and Jordan investigate the image quality impact of dust, water, fingerprints and cringe-inducing scratches on your lens.

As you might imagine, the results range from 'barely noticeable' to, well, much worse than that.

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Introduction

Fingerprints

Mist and water droplets

Dust

Light scratches

Deep scratches

What we learned

Sample images from this episode

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2020-6-18 16:00