Dust on sensor

Hi,

who already had dust on the sensor? How did you remove it?

Dust should get easily onto the sensor.
It is bad if you have dust on the film, but since you do not exchange
the sensor, it must be worse with digital SLRs.

My local dealer told me, I had to send the camera to the respective
manufacturer to clean the sensor?

Regards

Lars
- yet without digital SLR -

"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message
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Hi,

who already had dust on the sensor? How did you remove it?

Dust inevitably gets on you sensor. You blow it off with a rubber bulb. If
it does not come off that way, you can take it in for cleaning, or you can
attempt to clean it yourself (and at your own risk) with swabs and denatured
alcohol.

C J Campbell wrote:
"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message
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Hi,

who already had dust on the sensor? How did you remove it?

Dust inevitably gets on you sensor. You blow it off with a rubber
bulb. If it does not come off that way, you can take it in for
cleaning, or you can attempt to clean it yourself (and at your own
risk) with swabs and denatured alcohol.
A Yahoo search "sensor cleaning" results in
http://tinyurl.com/3psk5

Enjoy.
Ken.


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A Yahoo search "sensor cleaning" results in
http://tinyurl.com/3psk5

Right. But I am more interested in how much hassle dust on the sensor is
rather

But

"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message
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A Yahoo search "sensor cleaning" results in
http://tinyurl.com/3psk5

Right. But I am more interested in how much hassle dust on the sensor is
rather

Well, if you suffer from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, it
could be quite a problem. If you are a go with the flow type, it's no
problem. I just blow the big chunks off with an ear syringe and call it
good enough!

"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message
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A Yahoo search "sensor cleaning" results in
http://tinyurl.com/3psk5

Right. But I am more interested in how much hassle dust on the sensor is
rather

It's an annoyance when shooting large areas of a single colour at small
aperture. Shoot a clear blue sky or a plain white wall at f16 or smaller and
dust on the sensor will show in the image. If you always shoot wide open or
thereabouts, you'll never notice it.

--
Colm

Dust inevitably gets on you sensor. You blow it off with a rubber
bulb. If it does not come off that way, you can take it in for
cleaning, or you can attempt to clean it yourself (and at your own
risk) with swabs and denatured alcohol.

A Yahoo search "sensor cleaning" results in
http://tinyurl.com/3psk5

Thank you. But tutorials ar only part of the answer I am looking for: I
am rather interested in how much of a problem dust on sensors is. E.g.
how often do you have to clean it? How difficult and risky is it? Anyone
damaged his sensor, yet?

Regards

Lars

Ugh, I've got a big hunk of dust *inside* my lens. I wonder if that's
fixable.


Lars Ritterhoff wrote:

Hi,

who already had dust on the sensor? How did you remove it?

Dust should get easily onto the sensor.
It is bad if you have dust on the film, but since you do not exchange
the sensor, it must be worse with digital SLRs.

My local dealer told me, I had to send the camera to the respective
manufacturer to clean the sensor?

Regards

Lars
- yet without digital SLR -