Oh No! Camera Cleaning question - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/09/2006 07:09:32 PM · #1

I have never removed the lens from my camera and I have not even had it a month. Today, I look through the viewfinder and there looks like a tiny stray piece of hair. So I clean the lens, Hair still there. I clean the View Finder, hair still there. I remove the lens, and I look through the view finder and the hair was still there. So I guess the hair is inside my camera! I don't know how this could happen, since I have never removed the lens! What do I do now? take it to a shop to be cleaned? Can I still take photographs?

Thanks

07/09/2006 07:15:30 PM · #2

If you shoot a blank wall at a high f # and you see it then it's the sensor. If not then it's the mirror used for focusing. You can just purchase a blower to clear it.

07/09/2006 07:17:38 PM · #3

Do Not Use Canned Air.

FocusPoint

XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro

07/09/2006 07:26:01 PM · #4

Originally posted by faidoi:

Do Not Use Canned Air.

I mean to ask this before... why not canned air?

Karalew

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/09/2006 07:27:12 PM · #5

I shot the camera at a blank wall at F4, and I dont see anything. So I should just go to a camera store and ask for a blower. Why did this happen so soon, especially since I have not removed the lens? Are blowers $$$?

Thanks

07/09/2006 07:27:36 PM · #6

Originally posted by focuspoint:

Originally posted by faidoi:
Do Not Use Canned Air.

I mean to ask this before... why not canned air?

It contains chemicals that may harm the internals of your camera.

07/09/2006 07:28:41 PM · #7

Originally posted by Karalew:

Shoot at F20+ if you see dark spots then it is dust on the sensor.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

07/09/2006 07:30:37 PM · #8

Originally posted by Karalew:

Are blowers $$$?

Thanks

Not really?. I've heard people use those baby snot suckers, but don't try one that has been used ;/

Don't get a blower with a brush on the front (those are for lenses). You don't want to touch the inside of the camera with anything unless you know how.

Turn the camera upside down, blow with blower and the debris should be gone.

Message edited by author 2006-07-09 19:35:59.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

07/09/2006 07:37:57 PM · #9

If you see it in the viewfinder it is not on the sensor. If the hair is in focus when you look through the viewfinder, it is on the focus screen. you may be able to dislodge it with a bulb blower (they only cost a few dolars).
It is not unusual at all for dust (or a hair) to get inside a camera. Cameras are not sealed devices. Your zoom lens extends and retracts, and as it does so its volume changes, so air moves in and out of the camera body. Air also moves in and out as the camera warms and cools. The air carries with it whatever is light enough to get blown around.

Karalew

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/09/2006 09:54:52 PM · #10

The hair is not really in focus. It is at the very top of the view finder. The view finder has the focus marks and it is right above those.

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