I swear to beans there is a hair on my sensor! All of my recent shots have a line through the very corner and it doesn't matter what lens I use. How the heck do you get rid of it? (I don't even know how you'd see it.)
Is this possible? It has ruined some really cool shots that I won't be able to reshoot! Aaauuuugh! Makes me so flippin' mad...
I swear to beans there is a hair on my sensor! All of my recent shots have a line through the very corner and it doesn't matter what lens I use. How the heck do you get rid of it? (I don't even know how you'd see it.)
Is this possible? It has ruined some really cool shots that I won't be able to reshoot! Aaauuuugh! Makes me so flippin' mad...
Search for "sensor cleaning" and read the camera manual.
Been there; done that. Living with lots of animals + changing lenses frequently = much dirt and one very obvious hair on the sensor. Cracked open the manual (ooh - I read the documentation!), followed the instructions and presto, clean pictures. Infinitely easier than trying to heal the hair out of the picture in post-processing ;-)
If you don't want to physically clean your sensor, the 40D does have a "Dust Delete" function. Quick, easy, and safe to try. I'd be interested to know how it works for your hair.
I think of myself as a fairly competent do-it-yourselfer, but I almost gave myself a heart attack cleaning my own sensor.
I'll be paying someone from now on! It is SCARY!
(Actually, it's probably less dangerous than it seems... but that doesn't hold much sway when you're potentially pressing grit into the delicate films protecting your delicate sensor)
(Actually, it's probably less dangerous than it seems... but that doesn't hold much sway when you're potentially pressing grit into the delicate films protecting your delicate sensor)
:)
But you are not actually cleaning your sensor. You are cleaning the element in front of your sensor. Not films, glass or composite depending on camera and model.
Set it all manual at 1/4 sec, take off the lens, drive at 70 mph, hold it out the window, and give it a click : )
Let us know how the "dust delete" function works.
I clean the one in my Fuji S3 with the fuji recommended alcohol and a Q tip, being careful to not get the fuzz into the contacts around the sensor. It has worked fine for about the last 4 years. I do have a backup S3 though, just in case of an "oops" moment like the time that I mistook the roach spray with the straw for the" dust off" can. That took a little longer to clean up.
The Fuji sensor has a glass UV filter over it, so it's tedious but no big deal to clean the sensor. Don't forget to have it plugged in to wall power or have fully charged batteries. My nephew told me a horror story about one of his pals getting the swab captured by the shutter when the batteries went dead. He had to send it to factory service to get it out.
As an after-thought, How old is it? DSLR sensors reach puberty in about 2 years.
