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Dust on sensor
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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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"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message ... 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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C J Campbell wrote:
"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message ... 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. -- http://www.rupert.net/~solar Return address supplied by 'spammotel' http://www.spammotel.com |
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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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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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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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"Lars Ritterhoff" wrote in message ... 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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"Will D." wrote in message ... 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. |
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C J Campbell wrote:
"Will D." wrote in message ... 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. -- http://www.rupert.net/~solar Return address supplied by 'spammotel' http://www.spammotel.com |
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