Dlx737200 From United States, joined May 2001, 1602 posts, RR: 35 Posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1029 times:
Hi. I don't know how it happened already but it seems I've managed to collect dust on the sensor in the first 3 weeks of having my 300D.
I know for sure its dust because I did the check of setting the F-Stop to 32, did +1 Exposure compensation, set the lens to infinity, and shot a picture of a piece of paper and got to see how much dust there was. Not too horrible except for one pieced of dust in the far left location of the frame that is causing a slight darkening of blue sky in normal aircraft shots. I know that there is a risk of cleaning it myself but I wanna know how common this problem is among the A.net photographers on this forum. How many times during the duration of owning your DSLR have you had to clean your sensor. Did you do it yourself or pay someone to do it? Any suggestions on fixing mine. I can live with it for now unless it gets worse. Thanks!
-Justin
If black boxes survive air crashes, why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff? ~George Carlin
JeffM From United States, joined May 2005, 3261 posts, RR: 59 Reply 1, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 976 times:
Dust is common and this won't be the last time you see it. Get some Pec pads, and Eclipse fluid and swab it yourself. It takes about 3 minutes to do. Do a search on here and you will find a link to a site that shows you how.
MauriceB From Aruba, joined Aug 2004, 2142 posts, RR: 39 Reply 2, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 975 times:
well i got the problem myself pretty bad. so i asked to the photo ware shop here in our place if i could clean it my self, his answer ''we even can't do it, so don't try it youre self anyday'' so i asked him how i should clean the sensor and he said ''send it to canon'' the price for this, 65 euro's, about 80 dollars....
any way dont try it youre self
greeting from holland, maurice
''A.net just like flying, but without the peanuts. doesn't bother me , i never eat peanuts on flights!
Wow Maurice, I guess that menu option named SENSOR CLEAN
was a big mistake by Canon? Some good technicians at that camera store of yours... It is harder to clean your bathroom mirror then your sensor. You can get all the supplies you'll need for 75-100 cleanings for less then $20 bucks. But if you want to throw your money away, and wait three weeks, send it to Canon, and hope they get all of the dust.
Ckw From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 935 times:
A camera which has to be sent away for cleaning is useless as far as I'm concerned. Sensor cleaning should be treated like lens cleaning - not something to be afraid of, but also something which should not be done without care and the proper materials.
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2152 posts, RR: 57 Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 855 times:
I was afraid of that. Foto De Bock SUCKS! These people only sell stuff with rubbish sales-talk, but they don't know anything about photography backgrounds. Try Foto Gans next time. Especially the owner knows what he's talking about, he's a professional photographer himself. Some other people (some are students in photography) working there don't know too much, but they will go around and ask your question to the expert first before they tell you to caugh up 100 Euros.
Don't go to De Bock... They don't know anything except "selling selling selling".
Eduard
MauriceB From Aruba, joined Aug 2004, 2142 posts, RR: 39 Reply 11, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 847 times:
mmmm oke thnx eduard, tim and willem. will go to gans (or how its called) in the afternoon, although im a bit affraid that it will be busy now during dance valley.....
greetings maurice...
''A.net just like flying, but without the peanuts. doesn't bother me , i never eat peanuts on flights!
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2152 posts, RR: 57 Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 844 times:
Well... At Foto Gans they'll probably tell you what everyone else said here: You can do it yourself. They sell the "sensor swab", but it's quite costly. Same price as sending it back to Canon, but at least you keep you camera and you get 12 sensor swabs which will last you for a long time. Just be careful if you're going to do this, that's all.
But first have a look at your sensor... (the 300D sensor clean feature opens the shutter and folds up the mirror so you can have a look at the sensor) If it's a big single piece of dust, you can perhaps blow it out with a blowball. Tim says that works fine for him...
Going shopping myself now... (groceries)
mzl...
Eduard
MauriceB From Aruba, joined Aug 2004, 2142 posts, RR: 39 Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 832 times:
well it certainly not a single piece of dust i will send a photo to wietse on MSN and he will tell you its nog 1 . but were is that function wich fold up the mirror? since i have a german manual i think its better to ask one of the 300D users in this forum (i can speak german but if i don't get 1 word i ruen my 300D)
greetings maurice
''A.net just like flying, but without the peanuts. doesn't bother me , i never eat peanuts on flights!
Mygind66 From Spain, joined May 2004, 1058 posts, RR: 27 Reply 14, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 815 times:
Hi all
Has anybody asked how Canon, nikon etc clean sensors?
Sure with something similar to pecpads, eclipse and these kind of products...
They don't use any magical products for sure, so....
TWAMD-80 From United States, joined Oct 2001, 988 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 765 times:
Something that I have found that works well is using a squeeze blower. When I have used one it seems to clear dust pretty well (although maybe not as good as a sensor swab, but I have never used one.) If there is a lot of dust on a sensor it may be more beneficial to use a swab.
TW
Three useless things in Aviation: 1-Runway behind you 2-Altitude above you 3-Air in the fuel tanks
Maiznblu_757 From United States, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 60 Reply 16, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 757 times:
A camera which has to be sent away for cleaning is useless as far as I'm concerned. Sensor cleaning should be treated like lens cleaning - not something to be afraid of, but also something which should not be done without care and the proper materials.
Exactly,
Its not hard. I took Jeff's advice and am glad I did. I have done it around 4 times in the past 3 months.
Lewis From Greece, joined Jul 1999, 2293 posts, RR: 7 Reply 17, posted (5 years 3 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 730 times:
I would like to clean my camera's sensor myself but I cannot find the Eclipse liquid and the pads anywhere in Athens. Does anybody know a place in the UK or online where they sell that stuff? I will probably try it when I get back to the UK.
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It is harder to clean your bathroom mirror then your sensor. You can get all the supplies you'll need for 75-100 cleanings for less then $20 bucks. But if you want to throw your money away, and wait three weeks, send it to Canon, and hope they get all of the dust.
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i will send a photo to wietse on MSN and he will tell you its nog 1 . but were is that function wich fold up the mirror? since i have a german manual i think its better to ask one of the 300D users in this forum (i can speak german but if i don't get 1 word i ruen my 300D)
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