I HATE LENSPENS… “Lens Pens OK to
use on the go”. Never!. A chamois pad 2/3 the size of a dime impregnated
with carbon black cleaning a 2″ + diameter surface, with no way to clean
the pad after use. The LensPen folks tell us that it is cleaned by twisting the
tip into a sponge with more carbon black. Nonsense! It reminds me of after
having dinner, putting the dirty silverware back in the drawer ready to be used
the next day. Plus, although the brush in this trendy little tool retracts into
the body, the bristle ends are exposed (no cap) free to pick up whatever dirt,
dust…is in our pocket, and in the field, the chances of picking up debris are
real.

If a lens is perfectly clean, the
LensPen does a great job. In our lab tests, the Lens Pen tip could only
tolerate 3 skin oil fingerprints before no longer cleaning and smearing the
glass surface. The tiny little pad was over saturated, even after
“replenishing” with carbon 3 times and then letting the pen rest a
day. Their web site claims the LensPen can handle 500 fingerprints. Whose
fingerprints?. “Lab generated fingerprints”? I apologize to the
readers for perhaps doing the same thing as the video guy, but the real problem
with lens pens is the counterfeits, which will scratch a clean acrylic test
lens (very soft plastic…on purpose for this test) after only 10 circular
cleaning strokes. 50 strokes with a cue tip, or a Bounty paper towel over a cue
tip doesn’t scratch the acrylic test lens at all! If I have dissuaded at least
one person from falling into the trendy trap of LensPens, I’ll feel good about
perhaps boring the rest of you reading this. :) Steve…Canon_Treasures

Wow! I thought I was a nut job about
lens cleaning until now, but after reading what others have posted makes me
feel more normal. Why anyone would not use a filter is beyond my
understanding.. Flare? Well “gee whiz”, move the camera. One decent
tip in this overblown, too much time on their hands, presentation was cleaning
the lens cap, but why do it first with the same brush you’ll be using on the
lens (that was clean in the first place?). Probably preaching to the choir, but
who cleans their lens once a week?

I HATE LENSPENS… “Lens Pens OK to
use on the go”. Never!. A chamois pad 2/3 the size of a dime impregnated
with carbon black cleaning a 2″ + diameter surface, with no way to clean
the pad after use. The LensPen folks tell us that it is cleaned by twisting the
tip into a sponge with more carbon black. Nonsense! It reminds me of after
having dinner, putting the dirty silverware back in the drawer ready to be used
the next day. Plus, although the brush in this trendy little tool retracts into
the body, the bristle ends are exposed (no cap) free to pick up whatever dirt,
dust…is in our pocket, and in the field, the chances of picking up debris are
real.

If a lens is perfectly clean, the
LensPen does a great job. In our lab tests, the Lens Pen tip could only
tolerate 3 skin oil fingerprints before no longer cleaning and smearing the
glass surface. The tiny little pad was over saturated, even after
“replenishing” with carbon 3 times and then letting the pen rest a
day. Their web site claims the LensPen can handle 500 fingerprints. Whose
fingerprints?. “Lab generated fingerprints”? I apologize to the
readers for perhaps doing the same thing as the video guy, but the real problem
with lens pens is the counterfeits, which will scratch a clean acrylic test
lens (very soft plastic…on purpose for this test) after only 10 circular
cleaning strokes. 50 strokes with a cue tip, or a Bounty paper towel over a cue
tip doesn’t scratch the acrylic test lens at all! If I have dissuaded at least
one person from falling into the trendy trap of LensPens, I’ll feel good about
perhaps boring the rest of you reading this. :) Steve…Canon_Treasures

2. I don’t know, it depends, would you rather fuck up an $800-$1600 lens or a $45-$60 filter, that my friend is your call.

3. Not really lol. It appears that for some reason you have a vendetta against using filters, were you beaten and robbed by one perhaps? Or did it date your sister?

Unless you live inside of a constantly raging desert storm, or on the streets, Taking off a filter for 2 minutes doesn’t instantly make it contaminated. You must be some kind of neat freak or something to think this way.

Lol. A witch doctor, sure, except this “witch doctor” is more like a real doctor, in that it’s actually had beneficial effects because of its usage.

I’ve never seen someone take off a filter for two seconds and say “oh SHIT, now I’ve got to clean my entire lens its contaminated” lol. You’ve clearly either never used a filter or just have neat freak issues. m2c

2. I don’t know, it depends, would you rather fuck up an $800-$1600 lens or a $45-$60 filter, that my friend is your call.

3. Not really lol. It appears that for some reason you have a vendetta against using filters, were you beaten and robbed by one perhaps? Or did it date your sister?

Unless you live inside of a constantly raging desert storm, or on the streets, Taking off a filter for 2 minutes doesn’t instantly make it contaminated. You must be some kind of neat freak or something to think this way.

Lol. A witch doctor, sure, except this “witch doctor” is more like a real doctor, in that it’s actually had beneficial effects because of its usage.

I’ve never seen someone take off a filter for two seconds and say “oh SHIT, now I’ve got to clean my entire lens its contaminated” lol. You’ve clearly either never used a filter or just have neat freak issues. m2c