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11 years 4 months ago #261686 by April77
I need to find something that works here. I just got back from shooting an event and all the photos have these annoying dust dots. How are you all keeping your sensor clean?
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11 years 4 months ago #261700 by effron
I don't keep my sensor clean, however I'll make the attempt soon, I have some Eclipse and pec pads ready to give my D700 a once over. Seems every couple years if I'm planning on keeping a body, I ship it off to Nikon repair for a CLA. Usually comes back looking pretty good.... ;)
Why so serious?
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11 years 4 months ago #261708 by Henry Peach
I used to have a fairly regular sensor cleaning routine. Once a month I'd blow the cameras out, and once a year I'd wet clean with Sensor Swabs and Eclipse. More often if I was noticing problem dust. My newer cameras all have some sort of vibration cleaning feature, and it seems to work pretty well. I only get out my blower when I see a problem speck, and I don't think I've wet cleaned any of them. The majority of my photographs are shot at f/4 or faster though. My sensor could be a mess, and I'd never see it in the pics.

Sensor Swabs work great. I sort of balked at the price at first, but if you aren't wet cleaning often then a box will last years.
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11 years 4 months ago #261742 by Joves
Rocket blower for the most part, and not that often. If there is something that will not come off with that then the wet cleaning with the Pecpads, and Eclipse Drops. Wet cleaning should always be the last resort, and used only when something will not come off with a blower.
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11 years 4 months ago #261771 by Stealthy Ninja
I keep it clean by changing lenses a fast as possible. Today my friend changed a lens on my camera and he took one lens off, carefully put that on the ground after carefully putting on the caps etc. (all the while dust is floating into my camera). Then he carefully picks up the other lens and carefully puts it on. Sheesh. My camera was open for 15-30 seconds.

Me, I get the lenses ready and the actual swapping process is less than a 1/2 second.

I sure hope my friend didn't get dust on my sensor. Lucky for me he had the sense to hold the body face down and the room was pretty clean etc.
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11 years 4 months ago #261783 by Camera Diva
True, but if you try to break land speed records swapping out a lens only leaves room for dropping a lens.
At the beginning of time there was absolutely nothing. And then it exploded! - Terry Pratchett
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11 years 4 months ago #261785 by effron

Camera Diva wrote: True, but if you try to break land speed records swapping out a lens only leaves room for dropping a lens.


I hear that. I don't care how fast you can swap out a lens, if you do dust will get into the camera. It must be cleaned sometimes, and its a good idea to know how...... ;)
Why so serious?
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11 years 4 months ago #261807 by Stanly
Rocket Blower is OK, but regular service is the best IMO. Have a pro clean your camera up good for you.
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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #261817 by Stealthy Ninja

effron wrote:

Camera Diva wrote: True, but if you try to break land speed records swapping out a lens only leaves room for dropping a lens.


I hear that. I don't care how fast you can swap out a lens, if you do dust will get into the camera. It must be cleaned sometimes, and its a good idea to know how...... ;)


You can drop a lens many ways. I've changed lenses this way hundreds of times and never dropped it.

You can feel free to have your sensor open to dust. I've never had to clean mine.

I do sell bodies semi fast though. ;)
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11 years 4 months ago #261824 by Henry Peach
I do my best to avoid leaving cameras laying around without a lens or body cap, but I don't worry too much about dust. Once again digital makes the problem so much easier to deal with. I only have to spot one print instead of each print. 35mm film is so grainy that dust is hidden, but as bigger format film is used it becomes more apparent. A view camera (and an enlarger) is basically a large air bellows; it's almost impossible to avoid dust. The marks made by dust specks and lint threads embedded in the neg emulsion of 4x5 film leap out. Some people were good enough to spot the neg, but most of us had to do each print.

www.largeformatphotography.info/dust-spotting.html
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