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Hello. I have dust specs on my sensor and my mum seems to think if I use her hairdryer on cool air at a very low power and quickly flick the hairdryer over the body (no lens on) it will shift any dust???
 
I'd stick with something like a rocket blower to deliver a short, sharp, blast of air to remove dust rather than the electrostatically charged hurricane from a hair dryer that could make things lots worse.
 
You serious? Never use a hair dryer. It can just pull dust from the atmosphere and deposit it inside your camera. For this reason, when you get your rocket blower, you should keep it in a bag... sealed. If you just leave it lying around in your bag it will get dirt and dust inside, and that can just be blown inside the camera too.

A hair dryer is not a focused enough narrow blast of air either. It's effectively useless.
 
Personally I think that the chances of dust getting inside a rocket blower are pretty remeote. It's certainly not something that I'd worry too much about.

OP. Tell your mum that rocket blowers are essential pieces of equipment and in fact they save you money as once you've got one it will last for years and will anable you to clean your camera yourself and cut down on service and repair cost.

Spending a little money on a rocket is really a saving in the long run and money well spent.
 
woof woof said:
Personally I think that the chances of dust getting inside a rocket blower are pretty remeote. It's certainly not something that I'd worry too much about.
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If it's inside your bag and it gets squeezed, upon release it will suck air in... if it's at the bottom of a camera back, with the associated dust, lint and crap that accumulates there, there is actually a very real chance. Been there.. done it :) No permanent harm will ensue, but sitting there squeezing it for 30 minutes to ensure all the crap was out of it got me some strange looks from my wife :)
 
It shouldn't suck dust in as there's a filter on the end the air goes in and on the end the air comes out there's a valve to prevent backblow.

This is the whole point of buying a blower designed for cleaning out cameras and other stuff.

Here it is...

http://www.giottos.com/Rocket-air.htm

:D
 
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Seriously, there's no excuse not to have one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Giottos-GTA...LSPI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359319198&sr=8-1

Get it, stick it in your bag, where it shall live for a long time - use it at least once a week, or after every outing, especially if you change lenses. Flip the mirror and give a few blasts in there. It'll keep your sensor at least dry dust free-ish.

I have one a few year now, it's not even the Giottos one, just some other make, but does same job/
 
Vacuum cleaner tube to the lens mount will be infinitely better than a hair dryer... :)
 
woof woof said:
It shouldn't suck dust in as there's a filter on the end the air goes in and on the end the air comes out there's a valve to prevent backblow.

This is the whole point of buying a blower designed for cleaning out cameras and other stuff.

Here it is...

http://www.giottos.com/Rocket-air.htm

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That's what you get for buying a cheap knock off then :) Mine didn't, and it wasn't a giotto.

Got a real one now anyway, and I've never bothered to see the difference. I keep it in a ziploc bag assuming dirt ingress was best avoided.
 
Well there's no dust in your mouth, just lift the mirror and give it a few good blows.
 
I wouldn't do that! There may not be dust, but there is moisture.
 
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