Cleaning Sensor For Macro???

[CanonPhoto87]

I Am Having A Huge Problem, I Cannot Get My Sensor Clean To Save My Life, I Have The Canon Lens Cleaning Kit But I Cannot Seem To Get It Clean, There Is Still Little Hairs And Things On The Sensor, It Is Really Bugging Me And I Am Wondering If Anyone Knows A Better Way Of Cleaning The Sensor.

[racketman]

I wouldn't use lens cleaning fluid on the sensor cover. You need Eclipse fluid and Digi-pads. Sometimes just using a Rocket Blower will do the trick.

[racketman]

Just noticed you are using a 35mm camera so now i'm confused - what sensor are you talking about? Do you mean the mirror?

[eccles]

AF sensor?

[macro junkie]

i use a sensor brush fomr www.visibledust.com (http://www.visibledust.com) then i use the blower..normally thats good enough..if i need it i have the green cleane suction can and aload of spare green clean swabs.rember i go to 5:1 life size every day so my sensor needs to be super clean..and i can honestly say i aint use the cleaning swabs for ages,..the sensor brush is enough..make sure its a good one..mine was 60£.

dude u used lens cleaning fluid on your sensor..what where u thinking of..hopfully it didnt mess it up..

[S7000]

I use eclipse, and sensor swabs...After my first attempt i realised it was a fairly easy process...


Sorry to thread jack, but could I also ask what people use to clean their mirrors? and also that plastic dealy directly above the mirror? Mine has little bits of stuff on them both.

[dpastern]

Oh dear...I really hope the OP hasn't use normal lens cleaning fluid/brush to clean his CMOS sensor...

As to the mirror, I would not recommend touching it in all honesty.

Dave

[CanonPhoto87]

maybe i dont mean the sensor, when i look into my camera to take a picture i see little hairs and stuff, i took off my lens and the thing above the mirror is what is dirty, that is what i need to clean......

[S7000]

Yeh, I have a hair or two on that also...It's like the plastic piece which looks down to the mirror...For that thing, I'm thinking a pair of tweesers to very very very carefully pluck the hair out...

[racketman]

sounds like the focusing screen, probably best to just use blower.

[macro junkie]

, probably best to just use blower.


yer that's what i would do..or get a sensor brush.

[tcrank]

Try just blowing it off, a scratch from tweezers would be even more annoying than dust. Check the manual, is the focusing screen removable? might be easier to clean that way.

[CanonPhoto87]

I Dont Have A Manual For My Camera, I Tried Just Blowing It Off But Ended Up Getting Spit On It And The Hairs And Things Still There, I Dont Have A Blower But I Was Thinking.......One Of Those Things That Suck Boogers From Babies Nose, Would That Work???

[bandit 1]

Hiya All,

Mmmm guess what,------ I'm saying nothing ;):lol:

CanonPhoto87, others will understand my statement as I've had a few troubles Sensor wise myself of late :rolleyes:


Cheers for now
Mark

[CanonPhoto87]

Hiya All,

Mmmm guess what,------ I'm saying nothing ;):lol:

CanonPhoto87, others will understand my statement as I've had a few troubles Sensor wise myself of late :rolleyes:


Cheers for now
Mark



ok.....

[tcrank]

I Dont Have A Manual For My Camera, I Tried Just Blowing It Off But Ended Up Getting Spit On It And The Hairs And Things Still There, I Dont Have A Blower But I Was Thinking.......One Of Those Things That Suck Boogers From Babies Nose, Would That Work???

I'm seriously suspecting the veracity of your post, but for the sake of interspecies (digital to 35mm) cooperation, here's a link to your owners manual - http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=3000N read it and see if it helps (a 30 second google turned it up...)

Blowers are cheap - buy one - you'll need it again, and again, and again...