Stock Lens Kit Cleaning?

Hello. I have the stock 18mm- 55mm lens kit for my Canon T2i. It's about 4 years old and has never been cleaned internally. It's a mess inside of it. I can see all kinds of dust particles in it. Is there a video or easy way to take this lens apart and clean it myself. Thanks for any feedback.

Mike

The 18-55 is actually the easiest lens I've ever taken a part. Also the calibration on it is really dumb, meaning it doesn't require any precision you just set the optics into place.

It's build quality is not really high end so unfortunately it can act like dust pump, I have some 50 year old lenses that still look mint compared to my kit lens.

Look for ribbon cable repair videos on youtube, they're plenty out there and they should be enough to take it all a apart.

maverick75 wrote in post #16729298
The 18-55 is actually the easiest lens I've ever taken a part. Also the calibration on it is really dumb, meaning it doesn't require any precision you just set the optics into place.

It's build quality is not really high end so unfortunately it can act like dust pump, I have some 50 year old lenses that still look mint compared to my kit lens.

Look for ribbon cable repair videos on youtube, they're plenty out there and they should be enough to take it all a apart.

so is what your sayin' take it apart clean it and put it back together?

That's what I did, focus is still spot on.

why bother? it's most likely not going to affect your photos

maverick75 wrote in post #16729349
That's what I did, focus is still spot on.

ok, we'll and give it a try later this week.