Air blower

    The air blower is another great cleaning tool to have with your gear, it is truly the only scratch free thing out there. It is  great at removing dust or hair, really anything that isn’t wet or…well, greasy(I am not going there). You can also use it to clean the camera body(just please be very careful with the sensor and mirror). You could also use it to clean other things like: keyboards, pc ports, and the like.  I doubt that under normal use it could break. There isn’t much more to be said.

The Pros   
1.Scratch free.
2.No moving parts, not easy to break.
3.Dry air.
4.Cheap under $10.00 depending on the one you get.

The Cons
1.Hard to pack, the bulb is kind of big even with it deflated.
2.Only will remove loose stuff, nothing stuck on.
3.Kinda makes your hand smell like an inner tube.



Amazon Links:
Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster Large (Black)
Zeikos ZE-BLR Dust Blower (Black)

______________________________________________________


Air blower by Noah Brewer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

 

Lens Pen

    I hate to start a review with the word “WOW”. I feel like one those high pressure commercials. But, WOW! this is a great little cleaning tool that no photographer should be without. A lens pen will clean your lenses with ease and you will not have to worry about it leaving scratches in its wake. The brush end is fantastic at removing dust and other loose junk on your lens. The little cleaning pad at the tip is better than a cleaning cloth because it can get along the very edge of the lens were you cant get a cloth to go. The pad will extricate finger prints and anything that cannot be brushed away. Another thing is that its very easy to keep in your gear bag or in a pocket. You can also use the Lens pen on binoculars, scopes and other optical gear you have. If you’ve ever had a great photo ruined by some lousy dust or dirt(yea yea I know that you can remove the spot in lightroom but the less editing you have to do the better), do your self a favor and get one. I have the Hakuba Lens Pen, but you could get the Nikon 7072 Lens Pen, its identical to the Hakuba just easer to find.

The Pros
1.The brush removes dust and other non wet debris.
2.The pad removes finger prints and other wet-ish stuff.
3.Small and easy to carry on your person.
4.Cheap usually under $10.00.

And the Cons
1.It wont last forever. The locking mechanism that holds the brush out failed after 8mo.
2.Not a good choice for removing water from the lens, say, if it is raining.
3.The pad is not a good choice to remove large amounts of sand and the like, it might stick and scratch. The brush is the choice for that.



I hope you found this Review useful.

Hakuba:HAKUBA USA INC KALP1 Lens Pen

Nikon 7072:Nikon 7072 Lens Pen Cleaning System

LensPEN:LensPEN Lens Cleaning System

______________________________________________________


Lens Pen by Noah Brewer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

 

Tiffen Filter Pouch

    This filter pouch/wallet is great, it keeps all of your filters safe from dirt, scratches and it will keep everything organized in your camera bag. The pockets are about 4 1/2 in. wide and 3 in. deep, you can keep a 62mm with room to spare. The inside material is soft and at least to me, wouldn’t seem to scratch the filters from my use, but i guess that in some weird circumstance it could put a scratch on a filter. The outside is made of nylon. There are pouches that hold 6 filters but they are just to bulky in my opinion.

Here are the Pros.
1.Good price.
2.Will protect your filters from scratches
3.Good way to keep your filters organized.
4.The mesh enclosures make it easy to recognize what type of filter it is with out having to pull it out.

The Cons.
1.Its not hermetic, so dust could find its way to your filters.
2.There are no belt loops or any other way to secure it to your camera bag.
3.It would be better if there were some type of hard backing underneath the cloth and behind the filters, to prevent crushing.
4.The stitching could be better, more even.
5.Only comes in one color, black with yellow branding



I hope you found this review useful.

Amazon:
Tiffen 4 Pocket Filter pouch

Other Places:
tiffen

______________________________________________________


Tiffen Filter Pouch by Noah Brewer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.