topic Scratched/Nicked lense on a Canon S5IS in General Discussion https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65549#M24091 <P>I have a Canon Powershot S5IS. This past summer, while capturing video footage, my lense was nicked. For the most part, they are very noticeable. When they are noticed it just looks like the lense is dirty. My question is... Can these be removed? Or am I sol?&nbsp; In this photo you can see some specks (Look near the top in the blue).<IMG title="IMG_0294.JPG" align="middle" src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3727iE7D6F18843333E69/image-size/large?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="IMG_0294.JPG" /></P> Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:52:08 GMT januaryman169 2014-01-29T22:52:08Z Scratched/Nicked lense on a Canon S5IS https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65549#M24091 <P>I have a Canon Powershot S5IS. This past summer, while capturing video footage, my lense was nicked. For the most part, they are very noticeable. When they are noticed it just looks like the lense is dirty. My question is... Can these be removed? Or am I sol?&nbsp; In this photo you can see some specks (Look near the top in the blue).<IMG title="IMG_0294.JPG" align="middle" src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3727iE7D6F18843333E69/image-size/large?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="IMG_0294.JPG" /></P> Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:52:08 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65549#M24091 januaryman169 2014-01-29T22:52:08Z Re: Scratched/Nicked lense on a Canon S5IS https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65629#M24092 <P>21 views and no one can answer my question.</P> Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:20:03 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65629#M24092 januaryman169 2014-01-30T12:20:03Z Re: Scratched/Nicked lense on a Canon S5IS https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65673#M24093 <P>No, they can not be removed. And it is likely cost prohibitive to have the lens replaced.</P> Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:42:37 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Scratched-Nicked-lense-on-a-Canon-S5IS/m-p/65673#M24093 ebiggs1 2014-01-30T14:42:37Z