Sensor Cleaning
Yesterday was Sensor cleaning day for me. Here's the kit I use.
Process:
1) Take a picture of "blue sky" I used my 60mm micro lens at f/32 and 1/80 of a sec. Very small aperture let's you see contamination on the sensor you might not normally find.
2) Printed a paper copy of the sky photo and circled 14 items that look like dust / stickies on the sensor.
3) Mounted the camera on my tripod facing down with the mirror locked up for cleaning.
4) Used the blower to clean any loose dust out of the camera and hopefully off the sensor.
5) Turned the print to orient as I'm working on the sensor. (Upside down and flipped horizontally.) Put on the "headlight" to look up at the sensor.
6) Used the Len's pen and then Sensorklear to target the know dirt on the sensor.
7) Took another picture and checked to see if dirt gone. My first image had 14 spots noted. After the first cleaning I had removed 10. I cleaned again and removed 2 more. There are still 2 spots, but they are near corners and don't show up in normal exposure setttings.
The air is alive with dirt / dust / stickies. If you have a DSLR and change lenses this will be a problem sooner or later. I'm careful to keep the camera upside down when I change lenses, but still every 6 months or so I go through this. Aloha!
Sensor Cleaning
Yesterday was Sensor cleaning day for me. Here's the kit I use.
Process:
1) Take a picture of "blue sky" I used my 60mm micro lens at f/32 and 1/80 of a sec. Very small aperture let's you see contamination on the sensor you might not normally find.
2) Printed a paper copy of the sky photo and circled 14 items that look like dust / stickies on the sensor.
3) Mounted the camera on my tripod facing down with the mirror locked up for cleaning.
4) Used the blower to clean any loose dust out of the camera and hopefully off the sensor.
5) Turned the print to orient as I'm working on the sensor. (Upside down and flipped horizontally.) Put on the "headlight" to look up at the sensor.
6) Used the Len's pen and then Sensorklear to target the know dirt on the sensor.
7) Took another picture and checked to see if dirt gone. My first image had 14 spots noted. After the first cleaning I had removed 10. I cleaned again and removed 2 more. There are still 2 spots, but they are near corners and don't show up in normal exposure setttings.
The air is alive with dirt / dust / stickies. If you have a DSLR and change lenses this will be a problem sooner or later. I'm careful to keep the camera upside down when I change lenses, but still every 6 months or so I go through this. Aloha!