How often do you clean your sensor?
effron wrote: I do it myself, and simply only when it needs cleaning......
Thanks for the quick answer, what do you classify as needs to clean? I'm trying to figure out frequency and if there is such thing as doing to much.
Hassner wrote: Firstly, it depends on your environment. Inside? Outside? Overgrown or dusty desert? Lots of good weather or lots of wind? Changing lenses often? Where? Outside or in the closed car? Each person would be different.
If you shoot shots with lots of sky and blow it up to 100%, you will soon know that cloning all the dust spots out means it is time to clean the sensor. I would not bother otherwise. I had a good 14 month stretch till last month. The longest yet.
Yeah that is pretty much how I gauge cleaning time as well. I do blowouts if I see fine spots that I need to clone out. If blowing them out does not do it, then it is wet cleaning time. If I only have a couple of spots to clone out then I do not bother with it. Granted I hate post work, but there is a point to being to anal about it, as well. Also if they are showing up at f/8 or less, then clean it. Either way it is blowout, check, if clean go shooting, if not wet clean.
same here. Although if I'm around a service center, I'll have them just do the cleaning for me. 
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