LENS PENS FOR SENSOR CLEANING

LENS PENS FOR SENSOR CLEANING; THE ANSWER!

FACT:  BIRDS AS ART Mail Order will do more than $300,000 in business by the close of business 2005.

FACTS:  Our mail order business succeeds for several important reasons: #1: Low prices. #2: Amazing service and customer care. #3: We sell only items that I use and depend on pretty much every day. #4 (and most importantly): We do not BS folks. I know my equipment well. I use everything that we sell. I have tested every single item that we carry and know when and how best to use it. When I tell folks that the Mongoose M-262 is the best tripod head for intermediate telephoto lenses we sell the heck out of them and everyone is happy. And often amazed. But after a while folks come to realize that we do not deal in hype, we deal with solid products that do what I say they will.

OK, you are asking by now, what the heck does the above have to do with Lens Pens and sensor cleaning? Here is the short answer: The problem of keeping the sensors of digital cameras clean is and will continue to be a huge problem. When I optimize an image, I often spend twice as much time dust-spotting than I do on the rest of the workflow.   We now have the solution: Lens Pens.

Please note: to properly clean your sensor with a Lens Pen you will, in addition, need a large Rocket Blower and either a micro-fiber cloth or a few Pec pads. For your convenience we offer both the Giotto's Rocket Blower and the Tetenal Micro-Fiber cloths.   (Please scroll down for details.)

Here is the long version: For years I used the wet/spatula/Pec Pad method (as described in the Bulletin Archives) with some success.   I cleaned my sensors hundreds of times without damaging them. Next, we tried the sensor brushes that were generously provided to me for testing. Again, I had some success at getting my sensors clean, but was unable to achieve the fantastic results described on various web sites. Now I got these brushes for free, but I never told you about them because they did not work to my satisfaction. On the Silver Salmon Creek trip Robert O'Toole offered to clean a few folks sensors with his Lens Pen Combo kit. It took him seconds and the results were amazing. He provided me details and I immediately purchased 300 Lens Pens Combo Kits. Before I ordered the Lens Pens I learned that a major camera manufacturer purchases huge number of Lens Pens each month to use for sensor cleaning. They use the Lens Pens to clean both lenses and the sensors of digital cameras but they don't tell anybody about using them for sensor cleaning because like all of the other methods, cleaning the sensor on your own voids the warranty if you damage the sensor or even worse, the shutter.  But the fact is that nobody can afford to send their digital cameras in twice a week for a sensor cleaning...

Robert was kind enough to teach me his technique which included the first and all-important step. (If you do not know this step or you forget to do it, you just might ruin your sensor.) We are now offering the Lens Pen Combo Kit for sale for $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping. Florida residents need to add $1.40 per kit sales tax. We provide detailed instructions for using your Lens Pens to clean the sensors of your digital cameras with each order via e-mail. (If you do not receive your Lens Pen Instructions, please e-mail us and request same.) The file will include directions for using both the small and the large Lens Pen. We recommend that most folks use only the small Lens Pen for cleaning their sensors and using the large one for lenses and teleconverters. As above, the file is sent by e-mail so be sure to include your e-mail address with your order. We accept credit cards by phone (863-692-0906), Paypal

or checks made out to "Arthur Morris."

Shipping to Canada is $8 (total price, $28). Shipping is $9 everywhere else in the world (total price, $29).

Important note: folks who own cameras with vibration reduction sensors are advised to contact the manufacturer with regards to using a Lens Pen for cleaning their sensors.

Another web site that is pitching the Lens Pens is selling only the smaller Lens Pen for $12 (without our instruction file).

Your Lens Pen combo kit should clean your sensors well for more than a year. Some folks like to order two Combo Kits. They use one of the larger Lens Pens to clean the front and rear elements of their lenses and the rest and use the smaller one only on their sensors. Take a buck off of your total for every kit that you order after the first one.

Yikes, I almost forgot the most potent marketing info. When I demonstrated the Lens Pens at Bosque to my three groups, I sold all 45 that I had brought. Ilya Raskin had a 10D that was absolutely filthy.  It looked as if it had had a vacuum cleaner bag dumped on it. After one cleaning with the small Lens Pen, 99.8% of the dust was gone.

The Giottos Rocket-Air Super AIR

Rocket Blower, 7.5" long, 2.25" long nozzle, 2.4" diameter.

We are now offering the Rocket Blower for $10.94 plus $3.06 shipping. Florida residents need to add $.77 per kit sales tax. We accept credit cards by phone (863-692-0906), Paypal

or checks made out to "Arthur Morris."

Shipping to Canada is $8 (total price, $18.94). Shipping is $9 everywhere else in the world (total price, $19.94).

Tetenal Microfibre lens cleaning cloth

8 x 10" (white) Washable microfibre cloth to clean all optical surfaces.

We are now offering the Microfibre Cloth for $8.99 plus $2.01 shipping. Florida residents need to add $.63 per kit sales tax. We accept credit cards by phone (863-692-0906), Paypal

or checks made out to "Arthur Morris."

Shipping to Canada is $6 (total price, $14.99). Shipping is $7 everywhere else in the world (total price, $15.99).