Easiest way to clean sensor?

My 40d is getting super dusty, and those little rocket blowers arent doing the trick anymore. While I dont have a whole lotta money, I dont want to ruin my camera either... which product should I go for? I have lens pens laying around, but I am afraid to use those...also, I didn't realize the black residue was normal and I ended up touching it with my finger before. So I dont want to use that again right? Do I want a wet wipe or will a super clean camera brush work? Im checking stuff on Amazon and it looks like itll range from 15-30 bucks.

Once the Rocket Blower fails, I break out the Visible Dust green swabs. Photographic Solutions makes a line of cleaning products that are also popular but I have not used those. I would not use a lens pen on a sensor but I believe they make a version for the sensor.

You may also want to get a lighted magnifier which makes spotting dust easier than the f/22 method.

Spend the 15-30 bucks, it's too important to screw up

Look at the very bottom of this page fore "Similar Threads", it will (hopefully) show you what you need to do.

Randy

Well the easiest way is to send it to Canon. Or you can research the copperhill method.

Here's a good introduction to sensor cleaning:
http://cleaningdigital​cameras.com/

And here's a good tutorial:
http://www.copperhilli​mages.com/index.php?pr​=tutorials

I use the Copperhill kit for wet cleaning, as do lots of other POTNers.

-js

VivaDaWolf wrote in post #14864605
My 40d is getting super dusty, and those little rocket blowers arent doing the trick anymore. While I dont have a whole lotta money, I dont want to ruin my camera either... which product should I go for? I have lens pens laying around, but I am afraid to use those...also, I didn't realize the black residue was normal and I ended up touching it with my finger before. So I dont want to use that again right? Do I want a wet wipe or will a super clean camera brush work? Im checking stuff on Amazon and it looks like itll range from 15-30 bucks.

spend the 15-30 bucks - eclipse solution and swabs works well for sensor cleaning

I spent over a £100 on something that would do the trick of cleaning the sensor...I ended up going to a Canon repair sensor to get rid of the mechanism oil that was on the sensor, forgotten how much it cost to clean the sensor, but it was less than £30, so a simple trip and a half hour later, it was all clean. How I wished I didn't spend that £100, it would of gone on something else

RichSoansPhotos wrote in post #14869549
I spent over a £100 on something that would do the trick of cleaning the sensor...I ended up going to a Canon repair sensor to get rid of the mechanism oil that was on the sensor, forgotten how much it cost to clean the sensor, but it was less than £30, so a simple trip and a half hour later, it was all clean. How I wished I didn't spend that £100, it would of gone on something else

Go on, name and shame the gear you used
I'm just about to buy some sensor cleaning gear for my 1D and I'd hate to have your experience.

Nuttn' liike a good spit-shine, mah boy.