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| Those of you that have an SLR camera, how or do you clean your sensor?
Mine is a bit dusty...I used a baby de-snotter suction thingy (i dont have kids, so i dunno the real name) to blow mine off with some success, but has anyone used he swabs with eclipse cleaning solution? Is the process as scary as I have heard? Thanks, A |
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| I use the sensor sweep. Don't want to use to blower/sucker as it may push dust further into the camera |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sensor Sweep
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| I was wondering this myself, Ashelton... how do you know when it needs a cleaning? I've changed lens a few times...Is it when you change that dust gets in there? or how bout when it sits...I leave mine out to be easily accessible...Should I be keeping it under cover? Juanita |
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| The sensor needs cleaning when you can see specks in your photos. I'm guessing it's the lens changes introduce dust in, not sure if just sitting does. With the 20D I would have to clean with every lens change, the 40D is much better with the automatic sensor clean when you power on off and back on. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north (My Page) on Tue, Mar 4, 08 at 22:36
| I have used the chopstick, lens tissue paper and alcohol, very cheap and it works...but do it very carefully! Konrad |
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- Posted by ashelton80 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 5, 08 at 10:55
| Juanita, look at my other post titled Desoto Falls. Paticularly in the bottom left quarter of the actual waterfall, you can see several dust specks... From what I understand, dust is just a miserable fact of life...lol. I think it happens most requently when changing lenses. I try to change mine with the camera facing down....dont know really if it helps, but in my mind it does! :) |
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