Steamy shower trick? To take dust out of the air?

I remember hearing about a trick to clean your camera sensor in the bathroom after taking a steamy shower. Apparently a steamy shower takes all the dust out of the air? Can anyone clear this up for me whether it's true or if it's a rumor?

I'll take the dust over the humidity any day.

Armando

FstopMiami123 wrote in post #12845603
I'll take the dust over the humidity any day.

Armando

agreed

I think it is a great idea, you shouldn't have to worry about dust in the air while cleaning it. Of course in a week or so, you can go back in and clean off the fungus and really have some fun!

TeamSpeed wrote in post #12845695
I think it is a great idea, you shouldn't have to worry about dust in the air while cleaning it. Of course in a week or so, you can go back in and clean off the fungus and really have some fun!

Well, living in sunny and dry Southern California, I doubt exposure to humidity for a few minutes would cause fungal growth. Especially when my camera sees daily use. But I guess the humidity could affect other things such as the electrical components. My house and room have a large amount of dust floating around in the air, so I'm just looking for a way to clean my sensor without more dust falling inside.

Oh yeah, moisture and electronics and electricity... great mix. Sounds like a really electrifying idea! I'm shocked no one thought of it before.

Don't worry about it... hold your camera face down for the last couple puffs with the bulb blower, when finishing up the cleaning... and any specks will fall out of it, not into it.

amfoto1 wrote in post #12845889
Oh yeah, moisture and electronics and electricity... great mix. Sounds like a really electrifying idea! I'm shocked no one thought of it before.

Don't worry about it... hold your camera face down for the last couple puffs with the bulb blower, when finishing up the cleaning... and any specks will fall out of it, not into it.

It didn't cross my mind when starting the thread. I'm just looking for a way to clean my sensor in a dust free environment.
Maybe I should have specified that this is for a wet clean. The bulb is no longer cutting it.

edmyloo wrote in post #12845598
I remember hearing about a trick to clean your camera sensor in the bathroom after taking a steamy shower. Apparently a steamy shower takes all the dust out of the air? Can anyone clear this up for me whether it's true or if it's a rumor?

i wouldn't recommend doing this.

I'm sure it would work to an extent, as long as you kept the bathroom sealed, then let it dry out before doing your cleaning.

But seriously, you don't need to be that psychotic about dust in a DSLR. Hold it sensor facing down, blow it out as good as you can, then flip it back up and wet clean it.

The whole purpose of the wet clean is to get stuff off that a bulb blower won't - don't worry if a few specs of dust subsequently land back on the sensor - that's what a blower is for.

cputeq007 wrote in post #12845996
I'm sure it would work to an extent, as long as you kept the bathroom sealed, then let it dry out before doing your cleaning.

But seriously, you don't need to be that psychotic about dust in a DSLR. Hold it sensor facing down, blow it out as good as you can, then flip it back up and wet clean it.

The whole purpose of the wet clean is to get stuff off that a bulb blower won't - don't worry if a few specs of dust subsequently land back on the sensor - that's what a blower is for.

Thanks, I guess you're right. I'm just being a worrywart. x.x

never heard of this before. Sounds like a sure fire way to ruin your camera or enhance fungus growth on a lens. Just use a rocket blower.

Remember to blow the mirror box before (and after) putting camera in sensor clean mode. If not done, the mirror will flip dust on the clean sensor when camera is turned off, and more dust each time mirror flips.

melanopsin wrote in post #12846706
Remember to blow the mirror box before (and after) putting camera in sensor clean mode. If not done, the mirror will flip dust on the clean sensor when camera is turned off, and more dust each time mirror flips.

The shutter closes before the mirror flips back.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #12847312
The shutter closes before the mirror flips back.

Good point! The mirror flips its dust on the shutter first. What happens when shutter opens next time is...the tip is

Remember to blow the mirror box before (and after) putting camera in sensor clean mode.

This is an old trick we used to use to repair dead HDD's, what you do is run a hot shower so the room steams up, doors/windows closed, camera or HDD in a sealed airtight bag/container. what happens is that the steam sticks to any dust or dirt in the atmosphere and it forms a nuclei in the same way raindrops form outside, so all dust settles and the air in the room is pure, you wait till the moisture is settled, then take out the HDD, strip it down, replace the spindle or motor and close it up, you can retrieve data and then chuck the HDD, we also replaced the top lid with a premade perspex lid so you could see the aramture move over the platters oh and stick an LED in for fun.