Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. —George Bernard Shaw
My friend Mark Toal often posts on social media about his experiences making photographs with his iPhone. You can follow him on Instagram @marktoal and see for yourself. My friend Ralph Nelson produced an impressive coffee table book called Botanica, that’s filled with photographs that he made with a couple of iPhones.
The truth is that most people don’t take as good care of their smartphone lens as much as they might with their cameras (and their camera’s lenses often end up with smudges and smears too.) It’s inevitable that a cell phone camera lens will pick up dust or fingerprints that can ruin a photo. That’s where LensPen’s Smarty comes in and I’m giving away one to one of this blog’s reader.
The Prize
The bis news is that LensPen’s optical cleaning methodology is now available for smartphone photographers. The Smarty features LensPen’s proprietary carbon cleaning technology and is designed to safely remove dirt, dust and fingerprints from any smartphone’s camera lenses.
Like all of LensPen tools, Smarty is easy to use. You just twist off the cap and gently clean the lens with the soft cleaning tip. If any smudges persist, breathe gently on the surface and repeat. When done, twist the cap back on and the cleaning tip is replenished for the next time you need it.
Smarty is just two-inches long and easily fits in a pocket or purse. The LensPen Smarty Smartphone Bundle includes both a Smarty and a LensPen smartphone card holder and it costs just ten bucks.
About LensPen: For more than 30 years, LensPen products have safely and effectively cleaned lenses and other fine optics, including LCD sensors, scopes, drones, AR/VR headsets, eyeglasses, tablets and camera lenses. LensPen cleans in all kinds of environments from desert heat to Arctic cold to outer space. Each LensPen product provides hundreds of cleanings.
On a personal note, LensPen is a long-time sponsor of my sites and I’ve been using their products for nearly thirty years, well before I even had a website. My first LensPen was a gift from Mary in1994 for me to use with my then brand new Nikon N90s SLR. Ever since then I’ve keep one in each of my camera bags and backpacks
Contest Rules
To enter, send me an email using the CONTACT tab found in the upper right hand corner of this post along with the words “smartphone” in the subject box. The contest ends on November 1 and all entries must be received by 3:00 PM MST on that day. On the next day, there will be a random drawing and Mary will pick a winner. The winner will be announced in an update to this post after the drawing. (I do not sell, store or keep your email addresses.)
The giveaway is open to entries from the 48 contiguous states. LensPen donated the prizes but I have to pay for shipping. This site operates on a tight budget, which is which is why shipping is to 48 states only. Entrants cannot have won a previous contest from this or my car photography site in the past. If you don’t win this one, you may enter next month’s contest.
*I would like to thank LensPen for their continued support. They have kindly donated prizes to be used in this contest and others during the rest of the year. Thanks to LensPen for their kind donation.