holy crap, so i knew that my camera had some specks on the sensor from shooting a few skys and having to edit out the blotches, but a recent looksee today reveals the true horror of what really lies inside my camera:
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so now, what is your recommended course of action, burn the camera?
I've done the Copperhill thing. It's not as scary as it sounds. Just make sure you have a FULL battery to start, and work in a room that's quiet, has good light, and doesn't have any fans running. (And in my case, doesn't have any cats. I use the bathroom with the door closed!) Make sure you get the PecPad stretched across the spatula thingie snuggly, and tape it in place on the handle (they provide a good diagram to follow), then SPARINGLY use the cleaning fluid. Do one pass each direction (across the top part of the sensor from left to right, pad angled to the right, then across the bottom, right to left, pad angled to the left), close the mirror and check the results with a test shot. If needed, reload with a clean pad and repeat.
Forgot to mention... a buddy of mine showed me this, and I've done it a couple of times with really good success.
1. Put your camera into "Sensor clean" mode to drop the mirror.
2. Turn the camera upside down (or particles will just drop back to the sensor).
3. Use a Pocket Rocket (or similar dust blower) inside of the lens housing to shoot a few good air blasts onto the sensor.
Warning: obviously, be VERY careful not to insert the blower too far!!
I am hoping that pencil eraser is a joke and hope if it is that someone doesn't take it too seriously.
Anyway I plan on ordering my copperhill set soon. It is weird, I have the funds but keep putting it off. I think it is very true that a new lens is much more fun than buying something with cleaning in the name lol...
huh, it must be something about this smoggy air in utah that makes these things extremely hard to keep clean! lol
btw, about to go try to use the blower to get some of the lkittler stuff off, and then get a sensorswipe t oget the rest of the job done
After two months with my SLR, capitalizing Single Lens since I only have one lens, I was amazed to find a dust spot on my sensor. But thanks to the free-included sensor cleaning function it was no big deal.
Now what do I do about the pile of dust in the bottom of my camera?
