Nikon 7072 Lens Pen Cleaning System

by Nikon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1 x 1 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006JN3G
• Item model number: 7072
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (421 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #2 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Cleaners > Cleaning Kits
  • #3 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Lens Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Description

The Nikon Lens Pen Cleaning Pen System is a great accessory for any optics user, making it great for maintaining your digital or film camera, binoculars, telescopes, or spotting scopes. The soft retractable brush combined with a non-liquid compound on a natural chamois tip removes fingerprints, dust and other debris that may compromise your lens. The small, pen-style design easily fits in any camera bag, as the soft brush retracts into pen body to stay clean.

Product Description

New Nikon Lenspen Pro 7072 Cleaning System Lens Pen.Will not scratch or damage lens.Outperforms all other lens cleaning devices.Unique LensPen tip is self-replenishing.Cleaning compound will not spill or dry up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

412 of 417 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine ... but you don't have to pay that much, December 22, 2006

By 

CubeBoy (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nikon 7072 Lens Pen Cleaning System (Electronics)

If you haven't used a lens pen, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised -- it works well. The description doesn't make it very clear that this product has TWO different cleaning tools, one at each end. The brush, which retracts, is to take off dust particles. Hidden in the other end is a soft pad with a cleaning agent to remove fingerprints and more serious dirt, hopefully without damaging the anti-reflection coating on your lens.

My only reservation is that this particular "Cleaning System" is a bit overpriced (at the time I wrote this review, Amazon was selling it for about $21). Essentially identical double-ended Lens Pens without the Nikon name attached cost $8-$10 from many sources, including Amazon (search "Lens Pen"), so you're paying quite a lot to impress your friends ;-)

One more thought: another reviewer mentioned cleaning his lens daily with this product. That's not such a great idea. Camera lenses, and especially their anti-reflection coatings, are quite fragile. The more often you clean your lens, the more likely you'll damage the coating, or even scratch the lens due to a small dirt particle on the cleaning pad (likewise, NEVER clean a lens with bathroom tissues, since they contain tiny, hard wood chips).

The fact is, a moderate amount of dust and dirt on your lens does NOT affect the pictures you take, since anything that close to the lens is so out of focus.

PS -- Here's an update: I just got an Adorama Camera catalog that lists this lens pen, WITH the Nikon name, for $6.50! Imagine that.

239 of 256 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it really does work, March 12, 2005

By 

Keith Chiem - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon 7072 Lens Pen Cleaning System (Electronics)

does exactly what it's supposed to, and does it well.

to use:

1. with one end, extend the brush, and wipe debris away.

2. twist the cap on the other end, and take it off. with that end, wipe in a circular motion, and smudges get polished away.

73 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use lens cleaning device, November 29, 2004

By 

Keith Thompson "Keith" (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon 7072 Lens Pen Cleaning System (Electronics)

This is a easy to use lens cleaning device.

You use the bush end to remove any debris from the lens, and the pad end to remove fingerprints and the like.

The bush is retractable and soft enough not to damage lenses.

The pad is treated (coated) in such a way as to remove fingerprints without leaving smudges.

I have had excellent results using the Nikon Lens Pen on my Sony DSC F-828 digital camera. However it is important to note that the pad end is much too big to use on the electronic viewfinder (or anything else less than about a half an inch in diameter).

The Nikon Lens Pen appears to be identical to many other LensPens out there (they all seem to be identical except for branding and coloration). Perhaps they are all manufactured by one company (perhaps other than Nikon)?