Dust on second hand camera

[jmcdyre]

Hi all,
Just joined the website as I've bought a second hand sony a200 from ebay and was looking forward to making a start with learning how to use it.
However, when it arrived (couple of days ago) I noticed there was a lot of dust all over the body, and also inside the lens cap. As the seller didn't send the memory card I had to borrow one (eventually got hold of one today) and having taken a number of pictures of my wall have noticed a number of dark blobs which I presume is caused by dust on the sensor.
Question (first of many on here I hope) is, should I request a refund - the buyer did say the camera was in "perfect" condition, or is a few blobs to be expected of a second hand camera?
Many thanks in advance.

 

[artyman]

Obviously not used much then, exterior is just cosmetic, wipe with a damp cloth problem solved. Clean the sensor, you would probably do that from time to time anyway. Assuming it all functions correctly I would just move on.

 

[jmcdyre]

thanks for your quick reply. Everything else seems fine, and I guess it wouldn't hurt to learn how to clean everything up properly...

 

[harvmate]

I had a few dust particles on my sensor however they were barely noticeable on my pics so nothing to worry about. There are plenty of guides on here to clean sensors so have a good look around. I cleaned mine myself a while back and was a bit worried that everything could go wrong but take your time and you'll be fine .

 

[MWHCVT]

My first suggestion would be to give the sensor a quick clean, nothing to drastic, I own a rocket blower it a few pounds and I use it to give mine and a mate sensors regular cleans

It's easy to do and takes 30 seconds or so to do, and if your moving to a DSLR life you will need to know how to do it

 

[SpikeK6]

Buy a rocket blower off ebay under £10 and give it a good blow out.

Then see what results you get, if that does not cure it then a wet clean will sort it. Do a search on here, plenty of threads on this

hope that helps

spike

 

[jmcdyre]

Thank you all for your advice, I hate buying things and then having to send them back so your answers were just what I wanted to hear!

 

[MWHCVT]

Thank you all for your advice, I hate buying things and then having to send them back so your answers were just what I wanted to hear!

I just went and found this from one of my posts a week or so ago where another TPer had a really bad dust problem it saves me typing it

All I do is put my camera in bulb mode and open the shutter to lift the mirror, then hold the camera facing down so that with a quick blow and dust/dirt that is dislodged is aided by gravity to leave the camera it usually takes all of 30 seconds just make sure you don't actually touch the sensor

Matt