Taking care of your equipment

[J.B.PHOTOGRAPHY]

Hi everyone i was just wondering about how to clean your equipment properly, e.g. cleaning equipment for your DSLR, i've got a Canon Eos 450D thank you

 

[donky7]

i was taking close up pics of a horse for a freind, getting up close and personal.... looking for head shots, 1 of the horses sneezed and covered my 50d in snot............lol

i use the hand sani cloths, similar to baby wipes.

 

[Vinnyvagus]

I also have a 450D and looking for a decent cleaning kit for it...so any recommendations would be appreciated.

 

[KIPAX]

Wife does an excellent job

 

[incapete]

Do you mean cleaning the outside or the sensor?

For the outside, surface wipes or even just a small brush will help with most everyday stuff (and apparantly even horse snot too!). For the sensor, most of the kits are fairly similar but be careful.. decide if it actually needs cleaning and if it's really bad you might want to get it done professionally.

 

[incapete]

Wife does an excellent job

 

[Vinnyvagus]

I need something for general outside and every day cleaning....

and I agree if it was the sensor I would get it done professionally...

 

[Arkady]

There's no need to waste money on professional sensor cleaning - provided you follow basic procedures that have been covered here and elsewhere a number of times - just be careful and use the correct kit...

I clean the sensor once a month or at any time if I'm forced to change lenses outdoors...I use Eclipse swabs and cleaning solution.
For the exterior, a damp flannel facecloth and a toothbrush gets rid of stubborn grime ingrained in the textured rubber covering - a 2" paintbrush does the rest of the outside.

If the camera gets particularly dirty (dirt combined with sweat goes like cement and is particularly horrible to get off) then I use the toothbrush with warm water...the dry paintbrush is then used to 'tease' excess water out from around the various buttons controls and dials...
Finally a can of compressed air is used to dry around the controls - but never the camera's interior.
For the mirror and interior, I use a rocket blower - any debris on the mirror that fails to budge is gently teased off with a dry sensor swab.

Sometimes dust finds its way behind the eyepiece and when this happens I remove the outer eyepiece by first operating the eyepeice blind, then gently wipe the dust away with a faux chamois from Calumet...I never use the rocket blower here because it just pushes dust all over the pentaprism and is impossible to get at.

 

[samuelhon]

I have the 450d too. Fortunately, I've not had any dirt on the sensor but I do change the lenses with the body mount pointing downwards to reduce the risk of lens getting inside.

For the lenses, I use a lens pen which are available on
Amazon

 

[Craikeybaby]

Use it in the rain?

Works for me