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Jul 3 2009 01:47am
Quote (chantal7 @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 01:41am)
Ah. The dirt in the mirror is not going to show up on the picture. Maybe I should just leave it then?


Well yeah. I think you should just leave it and later on IF you want to clean the whole camera you could just pay like a hundred bucks and let a pro clean it for you.
My camera gets very dusty all the time especially on those windy days I think that's the only thing I hate about walking around the city taking pictures lol.
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Jul 3 2009 01:58am
Quote (Futurama @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 01:47am)
Well yeah. I think you should just leave it and later on IF you want to clean the whole camera you could just pay like a hundred bucks and let a pro clean it for you.
My camera gets very dusty all the time especially on those windy days I think that's the only thing I hate about walking around the city taking pictures lol.


Lol - yeah. I've been changing my lenses like crazy lately and I noticed ONE big piece of dust. Wanted to get it out. Blowing a little didnt work so I tried a cloth and then just ended up getting more crap in there.
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Jul 3 2009 02:17am
Quote (chantal7 @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 01:58am)
Lol - yeah. I've been changing my lenses like crazy lately and I noticed ONE big piece of dust. Wanted to get it out. Blowing a little didnt work so I tried a cloth and then just ended up getting more crap in there.


haha that really reminds me of when I tried to clean the front part of my lens with napkins before I bought Lenspen lol. The problem with most of those cloth and paper towels are that they leave huge amount of fibers so basically you wipe off the dust and leave even more dust on it. I think the only time you would notice the dust on mirrors is when you look through the viewfinder and the mirror itself flips when you take pictures so the light would fall on to the sensor so there is no way it would affect the quality of the images. Now dust on sensors and lenses are a different matter -.- My walk around lens got quite a lot of dust inside it and they usually become visible when I use high F numbers like this one:

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Jul 3 2009 02:21am
Quote (Futurama @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 02:17am)
haha that really reminds me of when I tried to clean the front part of my lens with napkins before I bought Lenspen lol. The problem with most of those cloth and paper towels are that they leave huge amount of fibers so basically you wipe off the dust and leave even more dust on it. I think the only time you would notice the dust on mirrors is when you look through the viewfinder and the mirror itself flips when you take pictures so the light would fall on to the sensor so there is no way it would affect the quality of the images. Now dust on sensors and lenses are a different matter -.- My walk around lens got quite a lot of dust inside it and they usually become visible when I use high F numbers like this one:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff339/SpammersHeaven/IMG_3341Dust.jpg


Haha I never used a paper towel and never will. Done my experiments with material with my glasses. Micro fiber is the way to go but mine just happened to be dirty.
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Jul 3 2009 02:36am
Quote (chantal7 @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 02:21am)
Haha I never used a paper towel and never will. Done my experiments with material with my glasses. Micro fiber is the way to go but mine just happened to be dirty.


lol well I was just careless and had no other things to clean the lens than paper towels at least I didn't spit on it and wipe with my shirt or anything.
I don't know what kind of micro fiber you use but from what I have heard many of those micro fiber cloth actually collect dust part because of the static it creates when you touch it or whatever. hmm have you ever heard of Lenspen?



The one I use for cleaning my lenses with is called Optex Lenspen Lens Cleaning System LP-1 and cost 12 bucks. It uses dry carbon powder or something like that so it doesn't smear or anything and it's very effective.

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Jul 3 2009 06:23am
Quote (Nevereon @ Fri, Jul 3 2009, 02:38am)
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


Yea, compressed air is a liquid and it could be very hazardous if you tilt it too much. It's fun to play tag with them though, haha...
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Jul 3 2009 07:06am
Best thing to use is one of these :



This post was edited by WarCow on Jul 3 2009 07:07am
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