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Old January 5th 05, 06:09 PM
Lars Ritterhoff
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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 -
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Old January 5th 05, 06:26 PM
C J Campbell
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"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.


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Old January 5th 05, 08:22 PM
Ken Davey
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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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Old January 5th 05, 11:11 PM
paul
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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 -

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Old January 6th 05, 12:55 AM
Lars Ritterhoff
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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
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Old January 6th 05, 12:55 AM
Lars Ritterhoff
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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
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Old January 6th 05, 10:38 PM
Charles Schuler
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"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!


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Old January 7th 05, 04:08 AM
Ken Davey
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C J Campbell wrote:
"Will D." wrote in message
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On 2005-01-06, Lionel wrote:
Kibo informs me that (Lars Ritterhoff) stated
that:

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?

It's totally dependant on how often you change lenses, how careful
you are about it, & how dusty an environment you do it in. I've
only cleaned my 10D sensor once, so far (about a year), but it's
picked up a few small specks since then. Still, I'll probably need
to clean it again before the next time I do any outdoor shooting.
(Dust tends to be most visible in blue sky.)


I'm told by an acquaintance who claims lots of use of a 10D,
including outdoor lens changes, that the single biggest preventative
factor is turning off the camera before removing the lens. He says
the second is always holding the camera with the opening down (back
up) while changing lenses.

He says that sensor dust can be a problem for those with sloppy lens
changing habits. Maybe that means he doesn't have sensor dust
problems, I don't know, didn't ask.

Any comments about this?


It is baloney.

I would tend to agree that turning off the camera has absolutely no bearing
on the 'dust-on-sensor' problem.
It just makes good (electronic) sense to power down when changing lenses.
As to pointing the camera down - might help, marginally, depending on the
circumstances.
I have had my 10D for a year and a half and have yet to clean the sensor. It
is due, I know, but that will have to wait until I get back home in April
and I can order the appropriate cleaning system (not obtainable here in
Honduras).
Cleaning system you ask?
http://www.visibledust.com/index.htm
From the reviews this seems to be the answer (for me).
Your mileage may vary.
Regards
Ken.

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