Sensor cleaning?

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my sensor is horrible and dirty, I like changing lenses and do it lots, not sure whether its dust or greasy stuff. I'd like to buy something to clean it with...and that i can clean it with again in the future.

What do u guys use and what is the best things to use...

also how easy is this to do? I feel i should learn to do it myself.

if it helps i have a pentax k10d

thanks
Charlie
 
Charlie C said:
the tripod idea is awesome! thanks for that.

i'll have a good read of that thread.
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btw, mount camera face down and use a blower to remove loose dust from body, then open shutter curtain [as explained in camera manual] and use blower first to remove any loose dust on sensor before comencing clean. :thumbs:
 
If you take a year subscription to Digital Camera at the moment you get an Arctic Butterfly for free.

Go easy cleaning as I got a bit involved and I have marked my 5D sensor and am having to contemplate getting a new sensor fitted, still hoping the mark will go..................
 
MKD said:
If you take a year subscription to Digital Camera at the moment you get an Arctic Butterfly for free.

Go easy cleaning as I got a bit involved and I have marked my 5D sensor and am having to contemplate getting a new sensor fitted, still hoping the mark will go..................
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What did you clean it with to get a mark on it?
 
It COULD heal!! :thinking: It has a cover on it so the sensor is quite safe.. but the cover is expensive to replace.. so iv heard anyway..
 
I've been using Visible Dust with the orange swabs. Very effective, though I really hate paying £25 for 12 of the little buggers!

Arctic butterflies are superb (though pricey), as are LensPens for cleaning the LCD screen and the lenses themselves.

Lee
 
sooo many things...

I've heard the rocket blower is very good.
guess i should look into a professional clean plus a rocket blower.

with the rocket blower can someone give me a quick walk thourhg of lens changing procedure. Do u use the blower everytime you change the lens?
 
Use the blower as a way of cleaning the sensor (not between lens changes). it can work but usually it will remove most but not all dust. take the lens off and blow with it inside the open camera body just to dislodge any loose dust there. Put the lens back on. Set camera to cleaning mode. remove lens and give the sensor that you can now see a couple of blasts. quickly put the lens back on. cancel cleaning mode.

As to normal lens changing... I hold the camera so the lens is facing the floor. turn the camera off. have replacement lens ready to fit. remove lens from camera keeping opening facing down all the time. take back cap off new lens and fit it to the one just removed. fit new lens, again with camera still facing the ground. The markings shows which way to fit the lens so you don't need to look as you put them together.
 
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