Let's see your dirty sensor!

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Here's mine looking fairly bad:

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Should really do something about that... :thinking:
 
You're never seeing mine from my 30D :nono: :razz:
 
Here was mine at F22 with NO auto levels

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:D
 
mine was F/29. Thought that was bad, but Janice!! :eek:

(The site is brilliant!)
 
And here it was with autolevels

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Needless to say, I use the sensor cleaning function on my 40d and havent had to attempt this again! :D
 
Mine's absolutely filthy. Must do something about it


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:D :lol: :D

Now THAT makes me feel better!
 
I don't have a dirty sensor - I have Olympus :olympus: :wave:

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Jimmy_Lemon said:
Janice will clean yours for you macmike, she has her own website too! http://sensors2go.co.uk/

Scratching a sensor isn't as easy as you may think. I has taken us years to master this closely guarded technique.

With our custom made lint-injected cleaning pads and our corrosive cleaning fluid we can destroy your sensor in under and hour!
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*runs away*
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:lol::lol:
 
oh my god, mine makes all of yours look squeaky clean! lol. i tried the old hair-dryer to blast the dirt out when its in sensor-clean mode, but that only does so much temporarily. i've got to find a local camera servicing/cleaner team around here, but in Hereford, thats proving impossible :(! dont fancy sending the cams in the post!
 
^^Gord^^ said:
You lot aren't trying hard enough! ;)

This was my sensor after I came back from a Squadron visit a couple years ago....
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Bleeeerghh! You are growing microbes.
 
How do you take pictures like this to find out?
 
Point the camera at a plain expanse of colour (overcast sky, ceiling etc.) with the lens stopped down as far as it will go - f/22 will do the trick. Then take a shot.

The large depth of field will show up any dirt on the sensor.

Shooting normal subjects at larger apertures will be sufficient to throw any but the largest pieces of dirt out of focus so they're not noticeable.

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Mines filthy. If I had a pound for the number of time i've caught him ringing sex lines at 4am, i'd be buying L lenses for fun. :D
 
Crikey, now I'm too scared to change lenses if and whenever I'm well off enough to buy new lenses for my D40.
Gord, I think you'd be better off getting in touch with the Science Museum, never mind Jessops!
 
mine's off to the cleaners tomorrow- yaaay :)!!! found a local one!
 
lol errrmmm well...
sensor cleaning kit - £70
time, patience, skill - £n/a - priceless (lol)
 
Claire said:
You only need a Rocket Air blower! :eek:
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Rocket blowers are just as good at blowing dust on to the sensor :(

A set of sensor swabs and Eclipse E2 fluid are just about the most effective means of cleaning the sensor.

The Arctic Butterfly is good too, but be careful not to touch the bristles against the sides of the chamber - they will pick up grease and dirt :gag:

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This is quite therapeutic, cough, "Hi, my names Rob and I have a dirty sensor" :)

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Just cleaned mine and its still pretty bad, dare not do any more in case I b*gger the thing .
 
Anorakus said:
Rocket blowers are just as good at blowing dust on to the sensor :(

A set of sensor swabs and Eclipse E2 fluid are just about the most effective means of cleaning the sensor.

The Arctic Butterfly is good too, but be careful not to touch the bristles against the sides of the chamber - they will pick up grease and dirt :gag:

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I find the rocket blower very good and rarely have to actually physically clean the sensor. The only downside is it seems to increase the dust on the focusing screen (luckily both my bodies allow me to remove this to clean).

I agree the sensor swabs and eclipse solution is a good solution. Good to see the E2 solution being recommended as well! You don't want to use the non E2 stuff on tin oxide sensors.
 
Uh oh I should never have looked at this thread, one sensor needing a good clean and loads of work going on in the house so looks like I either need to not use that camera for a month or 2, or find a shop which may well be the better (safer) option!!
 
Here's mine I just took. :(

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Guess I'll be giving it a clean. I've hardly used my D80 and certainly haven't been changing lenses anywhere windy/dusty or anything like that and I've only had it about 5 weeks. How often should the sensor normally need cleaning? :shrug:
 
How on earth do you take a picture of your sensor?!

I'm not too concerned about mine, it's a new camera near enouth...and it's got that gucci olympus SSWF thingymibob :olympus:
 
^^Gord^^ said:
I agree the sensor swabs and eclipse solution is a good solution. Good to see the E2 solution being recommended as well! You don't want to use the non E2 stuff on tin oxide sensors.
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It's not that straightforward. Some of these types of sensors were affected, others weren't. As far as I remember it was a batch thing. I used original Eclipse on my 5D sensor tin oxide coated sensor many many times for around 2 years until the E2 appeared, and even then I've reverted to original now and again.
 
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