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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
Comes with a handy retractable dust removal brush and a special non-liquid cleaning element, designed to never dry out : Safe and very easy to use
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
504 of 511 people found the following review helpful
By CubeBoy
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.
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.
253 of 270 people found the following review helpful
By Keith Chiem
Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
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.
79 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
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)?
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)?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad quality
I am very sure that the one I got was not a genuine copy. The material used was very cheap and imprecisely made.
Published 4 hours ago by Fan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for Lenses
This is a great tool to have because it is compact and easy to carry if you happen to be a photographer or a bird watcher. Read more
Published 10 hours ago by Joseph Hvezda
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lens Pen Cleaning System
We saw this cleaning pen in operation on Saturday. Came home and ordered it right away. It does a great job of cleaning the camera lens.
Published 3 days ago by B. Bowman
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
As anyone with interchangeable lenses knows, protecting them is absolutely essential. This pen cleaner is great because it has a brush style cleaner on one end to remove dust,... Read more
Published 5 days ago by k1ngsf1rst
5.0 out of 5 stars
Handy product
This is my second Lens Pen. The last one I have been using for a couple of years. Very good to keep it camera bag.
Published 11 days ago by Shree Datye
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nice tool
Well designed and functional -- nice to take along on photo trips. Not costly and was worth the price I paid
Published 13 days ago by Monte G. Clinton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleaning Pen
My son-in-law has one and really loves this product and was glad to get a second one but my daughter said that this would be hers for her camera!
Published 14 days ago by Connie J. Bommarito
5.0 out of 5 stars
perfect for the job!
super fast and convenient way to clean the lens... takes away the dust and the smudges and takes up very little room in my already packed bag.
Published 21 days ago by L. Tillinghast
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good tool
Good compact tool for cleaning lenses, I used it for a while with a Nikon Coolpix P300, but it was overkill, the new owner has real interchangeable lenses that make better use of... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Rodolfo Q. Z
5.0 out of 5 stars
good for small dirt and dust
this is good for small dirt and dust and fine hairs. I have something else on the filter glass and this does not clean it off but the small find dust that blew onto the... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Brian J. Ramage
