LensPen New DSLR Pro Camera Cleaning Kit, NDSLRK-1

As someone who is now getting into professional level photography (having started with a cropped-frame DSLR and moved into full-frame DSLR cameras) I think the lenspens are a must-have to keep your valuable equipment clean. First off, no cleaning method is perfect at getting dust/lint off lenses and many actually leave more lint than they pick up. That is not the case with the lenspens. They are much better at picking up lint than the traditional solution and cloths which may leave behind fibers from the cloths themselves. Cloths can be abrasive to the coatings on newer lenses and some solutions are not safe for use on filters so you have to be very careful. Here's how I clean my equipment: I use these pens in conjunction with the Giottos rocket air blaster to remove dust and dirt from my lens filters and lenses. It's just a little hand air pump, NOT a can or aerosol. The combination of those two products - a total investment of about $25 - works so much better than anything I've tried before. 1)I hold the lenses or filters under a decent light at a 45-90 degree angle to the floor so I can see where the dirt is and so the dust can easily fall off. Never ever touch the glass with your fingers unless you are about to drop it on the floor and your hand is the only thing stopping it from breaking! 2)I spray the lens or filter with air from the rocket blaster first 3)I brush it gently with the brush end of the lenspen (FYI- there is a lenspen for lenses and another one that is safe for filters. You get both in this pack plus a smaller one for the viewfinder) 4)If there is still dirt or a brush bristle, I then wipe it with the carbon side of the lenspen. Don't touch the carbon with your fingers either because you don't want to leave oil from your skin on the tip of it. 5)I make one more pass with the rocket blaster and spray air on the lens or filter to clean up any tiny bits of lint that the lenspen may have left (recall how I said no method is perfect!) 6)Repeat steps 3-5 until satisfied, otherwise YOU'RE DONE! Woo! It takes all of 2-5 minutes to clean with! It's a great product. I'll be buying some as gifts for other camera enthusiasts.

These take up minimal space in the small pocket of my camera bag. On one end of the pen is a charcoal activated little scrubber; the charcoal sits inside the cap. On the other end is a retractable brush. The 3 pens are clearly labeled & the pen sizes also help remind you of which is for which: 1 for the optical viewfinder, 1 for the camera lenses (glass), 1 for filter lenses (plastic). The microfiber pocket/case that these pens slide into, also work great for general cleaning purposes. They are easy to figure out & use, even for noob or young (children) photographers. (They make great stocking stuffers & are also good "accessories" to go with your new lens, filters, or camera purchases.) Overall, these are an inexpensive & great tool(s) to keep in your camera bag in order to protect your investment!

I bought this set to replace a number of older series LensPens (some with the Nikon logo but made by LensPen), which I came to rely on a daily basis when shooting. First off, the older series was great to begin with BUT the new improved LensPen is simply even better in every regard and the absolute best lens cleaning method available, without exception. First off, most people clean their lenses far too often. You usually see this among amateurs who baby their gear and do little shooting. No big deal really (I did it), but you should try to avoid cleaning a lens simply out of habit due to lens coatings. Then, if your lens is really dirty, you should FIRST start with the brush of the LensPen. In most cases, you are done at this point. However, if there are smudges on the lenns, the carbon tip end will take care of that effortlessly by starting at the center of the lens and moving it in a circular direction working outwards. But, regardless of the lens cleaning method or tools you use, always be sure to remove larger debris, such as sand or dust, with a brush or blower before you use a cloth or the carbon end of the LensPen. Otherwise, you risk scratching your front lens element. Also remember this product is not intended to be used with any wet style lens cleaning method. If you compare the older model pens and the new pens you will notice that 1) ergonomics changed and 2) the cap is now screw on. The ergonomic change is very nice but the screw on cap is important because the caps would come off and end up at the bottom of my bag. The brush also seems to be made with a better/ softer material as well. Based on heavy usage, a couple of pens will last me a over a year. I have found no reliable way to indicate when they should be replaced so I basically purge them one every 18 months or so. LensPen says its about 500 uses. But who really counts?

Great at cleaning the little bits of dust and whatnot from my lenses. Seems to have some kind of magic powder on the brush that makes it work better. The brush can extend a little or a little more to adjust the stiffness. Easy to fit in my camera bags, closes up to keep it from getting frayed. The price was pretty decent when I bought this, but I would probably think harder about it today.

AMAZING!!! These are amazing and will blow away any other cleaning technology out there. Forget about using special lens paper and special liquids or alcohol to clean your lens. 1) Dust off all dust, very well with the included brush first. 2) I prefer to breath a light fog of breath on the lens and then lightly start from the center of the lens and spiral out with the felt. This is the same cleaning motion taught by Nikon in Japan to clean lenses 3) Place the pen back into the holder or use the edge of the plastic cap to brush off any debris on the felt (I do this to dislodge any fine sand or dust from the felt and also it will get re-coated with the black carbon inside the cap by doing this. 4) Another light fog from my breath and repeat from the center out and I'm left with a perfectly clean lens You can do the cleaning completely dry without breathing on the lens, however I found that tough oil stains on multi-coated optics seemed to come out faster when lightly moist. This technology is superior to all older methods, especially anything involving isopropyl alcohol. These are amazing and you'll wonder how you ever cleaned a lens before having them.

After looking & reading many reviews about camera gear cleaners of what product to buy to clean my digital-film camera equipment with .I went finally decided to go with the DSLR PRO kit made by LENSPEN. combo.I'M GLAD I DID ...WHAT A GREAT PRODUCT TO USE WITH LITTLE EFFORT. With this kit comes with everything you'll need, that comes with a handy Miro fiber cloth.What a bargain...better than using a wet solution that can ruin your expensive equipment if your not careful.It eve cleaned an old HOYA UV filter with ease...fingerprints smudges &all.Might just buy another one just for back up purposes . I'm aways going carry this product with mr in my Lowepro Tahoe CS 80 bag, which also has my already charged back up batteries with 2 Pentax cameras.Have tooooo many camera bags...don't need to walk around like a tourist any more. Learned to carry only 2 a day for photo shooting.

So, I bought my other half a camera (Canon G15...very good) for their birthday here on Amazon. We went shopping for cases in person the next weekend as I know they are picky and needed to see that part in person :( So went to a B&M store and they then saw this hanging in the camera section and insisted they needed one as they had seen me use mine on my DSLR. I picked it up and looked at it thinking that it would be too big for the smaller rangefinder. Lo and behold... there is a micro lens pen included in the set and also I kinda needed a new one for my DSLR too because it was just time. Well as always, I scanned the product bar code with my handy Android Amazon app and saw that it was um $13 dollars less and clicked my buy button. Done. When it arrived 2 days later with my prime shipping, Woohoo. Now to add actual discussion of the Lens Pen. Invaluable. Performs different function than an air blaster rocket thingy. Cleans lenses very well. This set also includes a Lens Pen for Filters. Have no idea if it is different than my regular Lens Pen but it's cool. Also has a handy microfiber cloth case thingy which the lens pens clip to... And BTW, the micro size lens pen is perfect for smaller P&S cameras! All in all great purchase and experience!

my lenses filters are so clean and clear now that I can't find them. Please LensPen will you refund me for all the UV filter's that i've lost. I've had to get a frequent member card from Hoya because I've ordered so many and I really cannot afford to keep buying these UV filters. I'm behind on rent and my landlord is threatening to kick me out. But when I used the mini-pen to clean his glasses, he was so amazed with how well he could see, it reinstilled his lust for life and he extended my late payment final warning date by one month. another problem I have with these lenses is that the curved LensPen works so well that my lenses looks so clean and new that I'm getting accused of buying new ones and my landlord is starting to get suspicious because he keeps coming over asking for me to clean his glasses and he sees the lenses and how shiny and new they look, but he thinks i'm buying lenses instead of paying rent. great product but be careful because with great power comes great responsibility.