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Jul 3 2009 12:13am
Can't seem to find anywhere on the internet with just a damn simple guide on how to get dust out without making more dust. There is even more dust from my attempts of trying to clean the mirrors in my camera with a microfiber cloth. So much for that, the cloth itself was all dirty somehow and now I got more dust in there than I began with. Is there like a pen I could buy or something? I don't know what it's called. Help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Jul 3 2009 12:32am
Quote (chantal7 @ Fri, 3 Jul 2009, 08:13)
Can't seem to find anywhere on the internet with just a damn simple guide on how to get dust out without making more dust. There is even more dust from my attempts of trying to clean the mirrors in my camera with a microfiber cloth. So much for that, the cloth itself was all dirty somehow and now I got more dust in there than I began with. Is there like a pen I could buy or something? I don't know what it's called. Help is appreciated. Thanks!


If you mean like inside your camera house than I would suggest buying compressed air or a manual air blower. Granted you'll just displace the dust, it should still be of some help.

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Jul 3 2009 12:34am
goto a camera store and ask them ?
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Jul 3 2009 12:38am
Quote (Nevereon @ Fri, 3 Jul 2009, 08:32)
If you mean like inside your camera house than I would suggest buying compressed air or a manual air blower. Granted you'll just displace the dust, it should still be of some help.


Actually, please disregard what I said previously. After typing it I got a bit unsure of what I said so I googled it and like I thought I found warnings about using compressed air tubes as they often contain liquids as well. Bulb blowers seem to still be a viable option however.


edit* This seems to be a good guide: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/sensor-cleaning.shtml

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Jul 3 2009 12:47am
This is always fun.... if there is dry dust, you can use a blower to get it out. If the dust is caked on to the senor, the blower will not get it out.
There are sensor cleaning pens - but if you mess up, you'll be out a sensor.

Any time that I can fuck something expensive up, I have someone else do it.
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Jul 3 2009 12:55am
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This is always fun.... if there is dry dust, you can use a blower to get it out. If the dust is caked on to the senor, the blower will not get it out.
There are sensor cleaning pens - but if you mess up, you'll be out a sensor.

Any time that I can fuck something expensive up, I have someone else do it.


I am not sure if it's a sensor or just a mirror? There's only one mirror in the cam? Or two?

The sensor is "behind" the mirror, after the mirror flips up, that's the sensor right? It's not that. I don't have to move anything to get to this whatever the hell it is.

All I have to do is take my lens off, and look facing the front of the cam, it's kind of up and above the flash on the inside.

Here ... not the right camera, but it's just above that mirror you see when you first take off your lens. It's above that. I highlighted the general area. I want to clean that mirror.



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Jul 3 2009 01:08am
Well the sensor is in the back of the camera if you're looking from the front with the lens off. There is a shutter in front of it when you're not taking a picture.
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Jul 3 2009 01:11am
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Well the sensor is in the back of the camera if you're looking from the front with the lens off. There is a shutter in front of it when you're not taking a picture.


Yes. That's not what I want to clean. It's another thing I can SEE the dust on it when I look at it, I just can't get it off. I guess I'll need a pen. I can see it through the view finder and I am pretty sure it would appear on my photos? or no? Hmm... *is confused*

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Jul 3 2009 01:37am
I tried to clean the mirror in my 40D a few weeks ago with the lenspen and it worked pretty good but then I read somewhere that it's best not to touch it with anything and the best way to clean it is to use a blower...

http://photo.net/learn/cleaning-cameras

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SLR mirrors
Cactus. Moorten Botanical Garden. Palm Springs, California.

Don't even think about cleaning the mirror in your SLR. Maybe, just maybe, you could consider using a handheld blower to move a few dust specs off, but canned air is too powerful. Technicians clean mirrors with some kind of special viscous fluid and will often do it for free at camera clinics run by shops or conventions. Mirrors have very fragile surfaces and I wouldn't dream of getting near them with a standard lens cleaning solution or cloth.

Remember: the dirt in your viewing system isn't going to show up on film.


Hope it helps.
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Jul 3 2009 01:41am
Quote (Futurama @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 01:37am)
I tried to clean the mirror in my 40D a few weeks ago with the lenspen and it worked pretty good but then I read somewhere that it's best not to touch it with anything and the best way to clean it is to use a blower...

http://photo.net/learn/cleaning-cameras



Hope it helps.


Ah. The dirt in the mirror is not going to show up on the picture. Maybe I should just leave it then?
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