I rubbed my t-shirt on my sensor to clean it..

So I got my Canon EOS M3 today and took off the lid. I wanted to clean the sensor so I huffed on it and then cleaned it with my t shirt? Will it be alright?

I think your T shirt will be just fine.

Your sensor however may be a different matter it depends on how clean your T shirt was, you may have transferred some grease onto the sensor or even scratched it although the sensor is protected by a surface filter which usually has quite a hard surface. Just don't try to clean it again unless you have the right equipment.

ParkourExpress7097 wrote in post #18450968
So I got my Canon EOS M3 today and took off the lid. I wanted to clean the sensor so I huffed on it and then cleaned it with my t shirt? Will it be alright?

Shoot some pics and let us know.

Tshirts are okay to clean with, heck, sometimes the dirt is so bad, I have to get out a wet hopefully clean rag and wipe down the glass. If the grime is really baked on, I will pull out a polyester scouring pad on that glass.

After putting the glass back in the cupboard, and looking at my camera sensor, nope, T-shirts are not in my list of approved cleaning material. T-shirts are reserved for eyeglasses, an occasional drinking glass, a spoon or two, and yard work. Not for cleaning sensors on electronic devices....

Troll post?

Strontium wrote in post #18451065
Troll post?

No kidding, 1 post, farts in the room and steps out.

Easiest way is the dishwasher. Just make sure you put it on the top rack.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #18451043
T-shirts are reserved for eyeglasses

I won't even do that except in rare circumstances and mostly with my old/backup pair.

Eyeglasses have coatings too, and a scratch in my eyeglasses will annoy me more regularly than a scratch in a lens technically.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #18451043
Tshirts are okay to clean with, heck, sometimes the dirt is so bad, I have to get out a wet hopefully clean rag and wipe down the glass. If the grime is really baked on, I will pull out a polyester scouring pad on that glass.

After putting the glass back in the cupboard, and looking at my camera sensor, nope, T-shirts are not in my list of approved cleaning material. T-shirts are reserved for eyeglasses, an occasional drinking glass, a spoon or two, and yard work. Not for cleaning sensors on electronic devices....

Can be used for lenses in a pinch.

I use Brillo on mine. Works like a charm. Just be sure to rinse off the soap by holding the camera under a stream of warm water. If I had a sand-blaster that would be my preferred approach.

joedlh wrote in post #18451117
I use Brillo on mine. Works like a charm. Just be sure to rinse off the soap by holding the camera under a stream of warm water.

No joke, my mother-in-law was trying to scrub off baked on bugs from her car and when a rag didn't do it, she used a kitchen scrub pad. Totally destroyed the paint.

gjl711 wrote in post #18451120
No joke, my mother-in-law was trying to scrub off baked on bugs from her car and when a rag didn't do it, she used a kitchen scrub pad. Totally destroyed the paint.

ouch!

For bugs, the angle grinder is very efficient.

ParkourExpress7097 wrote in post #18450968
So I got my Canon EOS M3 today and took off the lid. I wanted to clean the sensor so I huffed on it and then cleaned it with my t shirt? Will it be alright?

Yes, just tell your Mom to wash the t-shirt as she normally does.

texkam wrote in post #18451092
Easiest way is the dishwasher. Just make sure you put it on the top rack.

it's better on the sink:

https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=_xj1FlL-iAo