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Re: What kind of lense pen do you like skeen #17875557 12/06/22
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 66,936 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna
slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 66,936 TN	Originally Posted by skeen Originally Posted by slumlord I use spit and the corner of my shirt Yeah, man, either the corner of my shirt or whatever bar/restaurant napkin I happen to have in my pocket. Ohh but but but VarmintPen has one in every orifice and within reach at all times. 😀👍

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Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17875787 12/06/22
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 45,016 Clarksville, TN R renegade50 OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP renegade50 Campfire 'Bwana R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 45,016 Clarksville, TN	And still no sockpuppet maseypoo one responds. Or other campfire d bag extraordinaires that live vicariously on the web.. Gee ... The only reason I started the rather seemingly mundane thread was a chance to do the "That's it Mister off you go to ignore" deal for a specifically targeted audience. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🤣🤣🤣🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Arrrrrgh...... P.S..... Camera shop on Madison Street had...... Leupold ones for 17.99... And they had a dust coating on em. Been hanging on the rack for god knows how long. Probably the better quality ones they sold a decade ago. JFC.......

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17876287 12/06/22
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 4,890 S Skankhunt42 Campfire Tracker
Skankhunt42 Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 4,890	Love the new Avitar Ren, Arrrrgh. lol My "North American Hunting Club" lens pen is still in tip top shape.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17876313 12/06/22
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,232 N.E.Wisconsin H Huntz Campfire Outfitter
Huntz Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 14,232 N.E.Wisconsin	I vapor blast mine then wipe with a non boogerd silk snot rag. Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17876380 12/06/22
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 10,425 The Treasure State Dave_Skinner Campfire Outfitter
Dave_Skinner Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 10,425 The Treasure State	I've got a camera lens kit in my camera bag. Nice brushes, fluffy up to stiff, separately bagged, compressed air, three kinds of wipes, chamois...all this stuff is bagged to keep dust away. Compressed air first, air the brush before during and after, and only after that use anything wet. Lens caps and camera filters that screw into a scope's threading also apply, I won't buy a scope any more where I can't screw in a filter or at least a short shade tube. Worst case, the muck hits the filter which is way cheaper than the front focusing element. You can dunk the filter in a creek, not so much the scope. Rear lens isn't quite so critical as the front, but I'm still careful cleaning. Ground glass doesn't like to be scratched. Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.

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Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17876577 12/06/22
Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 165 E EastMS Campfire Member
EastMS Campfire Member E Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 165	I have a leupold one. I've had it several years, but don't use it much, mosly just use the zeiss lens wipes.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17876996 12/06/22
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,316 Eastern N.C. Triggernosis Campfire Tracker
Triggernosis Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,316 Eastern N.C.	LensPen = great tool for grinding dirt across the surface of your lenses.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877309 12/06/22
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,354 MattMan Campfire Regular
MattMan Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,354	Older version of this - Zeiss Kit, along with a small sealed bag of Q-Tips to apply and dry cleaning fluid. Once one end of a Q-Tip comes off glass, it never touches it again. I can’t believe anyone who pays for glass would stick a f’n lens pen on it. Unless they simply don’t know any better, or can just buy new glass when it’s swirled and scratched to hell. Any of you wax or buff your truck before washing it? "Your range of experience runs that gamut from A to B, plus you're a nitwit. That's a hard combination to overcome, though some people try." - JB

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877347 12/06/22
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gunswizard Campfire Ranger G Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 17,789	Kodak lens cleaner and lens tissue, good enough for camera lenses works well on binoculars and rifle scopes.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like MattMan #17877640 12/07/22
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,316 Eastern N.C. Triggernosis Campfire Tracker
Triggernosis Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,316 Eastern N.C.	Originally Posted by MattMan Older version of this - Zeiss Kit, along with a small sealed bag of Q-Tips to apply and dry cleaning fluid. Once one end of a Q-Tip comes off glass, it never touches it again. I can’t believe anyone who pays for glass would stick a f’n lens pen on it. Unless they simply don’t know any better, or can just buy new glass when it’s swirled and scratched to hell. Any of you wax or buff your truck before washing it? This ^^^

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Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877709 12/07/22
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PJ65 Campfire Member P Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 338 Idaho	Chevy

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877714 12/07/22
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PJ65 Campfire Member P Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 338 Idaho	Stihl

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like Triggernosis #17877845 12/07/22
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BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,802 Houston, Texas	Originally Posted by Triggernosis LensPen = great tool for grinding dirt across the surface of your lenses. Yep. The amateur astronomy community generally advises against using a lens pen on telescopes (refractor objective lenses), telescope eyepieces, binoculars, monoculars, etc. Cleaning Eyepiece and Telescope Optics Tele Vue Optics, Inc. https://www.televue.com/engine/TV3b_page.asp?return=Advice&id=103 One of my telescopes: Cheers! Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877862 12/07/22
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 19,232 B Blackheart Campfire Ranger
Blackheart Campfire Ranger B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 19,232	Q tips and rubbing alcohol is all I use.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877903 12/07/22
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,044 Illinois Z zcm82 Campfire Tracker
zcm82 Campfire Tracker Z Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,044 Illinois	Originally Posted by BFaucett One of my telescopes: Cheers! Bob F. Short tube refractor? Haven't really been in the game since my kid got old enough to walk and knock things over. Now that he's gotten older I may start playing around again.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like zcm82 #17877933 12/07/22
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,802 Houston, Texas BFaucett Campfire Tracker
BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,802 Houston, Texas	Originally Posted by zcm82 Originally Posted by BFaucett One of my telescopes: Cheers! Bob F. Short tube refractor? Haven't really been in the game since my kid got old enough to walk and knock things over. Now that he's gotten older I may start playing around again. Yeah, it's an Astro-Tech AT72EDII. Diameter 72mm, focal length 432mm, f/6. Fully multicoated FPL-53 and Lanthanum doublet refractor optics. Here's the product page: https://www.astronomics.com/astro-tech-at72edii-refractor-ota-fpl-53-f-6.html Cheers! Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17877945 12/07/22
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 550 tennessee H headhunter130 Campfire Regular
headhunter130 Campfire Regular H Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 550 tennessee	Only people who want to scratch the lens of the optics use lens pens. Of course a moron like a "renegade50" would use lens pens. Clean any debris off with air and then use a clean microfiber cloth changing to a clean part of the cloth constantly to clean the lens of optics. NRA Benefactor life member

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like BFaucett #17877973 12/07/22
Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,044 Illinois Z zcm82 Campfire Tracker
zcm82 Campfire Tracker Z Joined: Sep 2021 Posts: 3,044 Illinois	Originally Posted by BFaucett Yeah, it's an Astro-Tech AT72EDII. Diameter 72mm, focal length 432mm, f/6. Fully multicoated FPL-53 and Lanthanum doublet refractor optics. Here's the product page: https://www.astronomics.com/astro-tech-at72edii-refractor-ota-fpl-53-f-6.html Cheers! Bob F. I've got an old Orion 150mm Mak-Cas. Don't recall the exact fl, but it's a fairly slow tube. Works great once the lenses thermal stabilize, but it takes forfuckinever to clear up on a cold night... well over an hour. My tripod is a bit light for it too... stick it on top a VersaGo.

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like zcm82 #17877977 12/07/22
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,802 Houston, Texas BFaucett Campfire Tracker
BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,802 Houston, Texas	Originally Posted by zcm82 I've got an old Orion 150mm Mak-Cas. Don't recall the exact fl, but it's a fairly slow tube. Works great once the lenses thermal stabilize, but it takes forfuckinever to clear up on a cold night... well over an hour. My tripod is a bit light for it too... stick it on top a VersaGo. That'll certainly work! PM sent. Cheers! "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: What kind of lense pen do you like renegade50 #17878009 12/07/22
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cv540 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 3,237 Coulee Country	I use a rouge brush (bought in the makeup department at Walgreens for about $5.00.) Very fine and soft brush cleans lens off nicely. I also have a second one I use with Barricade to administer rust preventative on guns. Gets it into little nook and cranny of whatever gun needs it. I just make sure the plastic tube of each is labeled to avoid using the lubricant one on a lens. "Put none but Americans on guard tonight." -George Washington

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