I cant seem to get my rebel dust free, I did take it to be blown out and the guy said it was just on view finder and would nt show on picks, but it seems to... does anyone have any ideas or tricks around keeping dust free?
(store said cont change lenses too often, but that seems to go against why I have the rebel??)
Get a hurricane blower and use the CMOS sensor cleaning mode to blow out the dust. Seems to work very well. Don't use a blower brush as the bristles could scratch the sensor glass. The hurricane blower I have looks kind of like a ear syringe.
You got a link for that hurricane blower. Sounds like a great tool. They say to watch what you use to blow the dust out. Some of those "air in a can" they use to clean machines contain residues that could settle on top of the sensor glass.
Originally posted by wackybill:
Get a hurricane blower and use the CMOS sensor cleaning mode to blow out the dust. Seems to work very well. Don't use a blower brush as the bristles could scratch the sensor glass. The hurricane blower I have looks kind of like a ear syringe.
I am always changing lens...
mainly because my camera bad is about 1 inch too small to hold my camera body and 500mm lens attatched.
I have had fluff and junk on the mirror, but none on the sensor yet (thank goodness)
but I do have a blower like that (with attatchable brush) back from the old old days thats serving me quite well :)
Here is a link where this was discussed recently....another link is in the discussion that has some good information for cleaning the CCD sensor on your own....if you are brave...apparently.
Here is a link where this was discussed recently....another link is in the discussion that has some good information for cleaning the CCD sensor on your own....if you are brave...apparently.
I just cleaned my sensor with microfibre cloth from 3m, no problems no scratches i scuffed the sensor with an airblower getting a little crazy, just like new
It involves actually touching the CCD and I was a little nervous at first, but after reading this tutorial a few times, I got a lot of confidence. It have done it 4 times now on my camera and the author is right, you begin to get fanatical at keeping the CCD completely clean.
Re. how a CCD gets dirty. The theory is that with it being electrically charged, it actually attracts dust to a certain extent. Simply blowing the dust becomes difficult, and cleaning becomes neccesary.
But, all of that being said, all books tell you don't touch the CCD, so try this at your own risk.
HELP anyone? i tried the method (using a blower) but the dark specs/dust still lingers at my sensors...in fact i think it's getting more....i'm not risking using the swabbing method coz i'm still new to my digi cam...is there anyway i could get rid of the stubborn dust?
HELP anyone? i tried the method (using a blower) but the dark specs/dust still lingers at my sensors...in fact i think it's getting more....i'm not risking using the swabbing method coz i'm still new to my digi cam...is there anyway i could get rid of the stubborn dust?
Are you sure it isn´t a scrach on the mirror or the censor? Have to make it clear that I´ve no knowlidge about this things (so dont panic).
Here is a link where this was discussed recently....another link is in the discussion that has some good information for cleaning the CCD sensor on your own....if you are brave...apparently.
Why would you need to clean a CCD? Most CCD censor cameras are fixed lens, and how would dust get on it?
an a dSLR camera the lens is removeable, allowing dust access to the sensor. CCD sensors (in particular) are static-charged - static electricity can destroy a microchip so one MUST be grounded before playing in there, and a staticly charged item will attract dust. It is how some dusters for home dusting are 'miracle dusters'
