Works fine ... but you don't have to pay that much

If you haven't used a lens pen I think you'll be pleasantly surprised -- it works well. The description doesn't make it very clear that this product has TWO different cleaning tools one at each end. The brush which retracts is to take off dust particles. Hidden in the other end is a soft pad with a cleaning agent to remove fingerprints and more serious dirt hopefully without damaging the anti-reflection coating on your lens.



My only reservation is that this particular "Cleaning System" is a bit overpriced (at the time I wrote this review Amazon was selling it for about $21). Essentially identical double-ended Lens Pens without the Nikon name attached cost $8-$10 from many sources including Amazon (search "Lens Pen") so you're paying quite a lot to impress your friends ;-)



One more thought: another reviewer mentioned cleaning his lens daily with this product. That's not such a great idea. Camera lenses and especially their anti-reflection coatings are quite fragile. The more often you clean your lens the more likely you'll damage the coating or even scratch the lens due to a small dirt particle on the cleaning pad (likewise NEVER clean a lens with bathroom tissues since they contain tiny hard wood chips).



The fact is a moderate amount of dust and dirt on your lens does NOT affect the pictures you take since anything that close to the lens is so out of focus.



PS -- Here's an update: I just got an Adorama Camera catalog that lists this lens pen WITH the Nikon name for $6.50! Imagine that.More detail ...