Between now and Christmas I’m going to be featuring some photographic gift ideas that you might find useful and practical, starting today with the LensPen DSLR Pro Kit.
Today’s Post by Joe Farace
“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.” ― The Shadow of the Wind
It’s the time of year when you may be thinking about the kind of present or stocking stuffer you might want to give as a gift to your favorite photographer or maybe even yourself.
There’s an old photographer’s saying—it’s one of Farace’s Laws—that if you take care of your equipment it will take care of you. For instance, when cleaning a lens, you shouldn’t douse the front element with cleaning fluid. That stuff is highly viscous and can find its way into all kinds of optical nooks and crannies and with repeated use can cause problems like element separation. That’s just one of the many reasons why I’ve been using a LensPen to clean my cameras’ lenses for almost 30 years.
Cleaning Your Camera, Lenses and Filters
LensPens have two accessible working ends and are compact enough that you can clip one in your pocket or toss it in your camera bag or backpack. Which LensPen is the perfect stocking stuffer to give as a gift? Why not start with their ($28.95) DSLR Pro Kit Black Series that contains everything a photographer might need to keep their camera lenses, viewfinders and filters clean.
The DSLR Pro Kit includes:
An Original LensPen for both DSLR and mirrorless camera lenses. This is full size (4.3-inch) and has a 12mm concave cleaning tip that’s designed to match the slightly convex shape of a camera lens- A FilterKlear for cleaning lens filters, such as protective, UV, Haze as well as color filters for all of the film photographers, infrared photography and monochrome digital camera shooters out there. It’s full-size (4.3-inches) and has a completely flat 12mm cleaning tip to match up with any size of camera filter.
- The MicroPro is designed for cleaning viewfinders, either optical for DSLRs and film cameras or EVF’s for mirrorless cameras. It’s LensPen’s smallest (3.7-inches) and the 4mm cleaning tip is crafted to clean any kind of viewfinder, sensor or other small optics or surfaces
The DSLR Pro Kit comes in a handy microfiber carrying pouch which doubles as a cleaning cloth for many other cleaning applications.
LensPen is a long-time sponsor of my sites and blogs but I was using their products long before I even had a blog. My wife bought my first LensPen in 1994 right after I acquired a new Nikon N90s film-based SLR! I would like to thank LensPen for their continued support.