Post your BUG shots!

Do you mind sharing which product, how difficult? Mine need cleaning as well. You did a great job, btw!

Pigpen101 wrote in post #19254050
Do you mind sharing which product, how difficult? Mine need cleaning as well. You did a great job, btw!

The UK Amazon website but you'll have an equivalent:

For Cropped sensors: https://www.amazon.co.​uk …tle_o02_s00?ie=​UTF8&psc=1

For full frame: https://www.amazon.co.​uk …itle_o02_s00?ie​=UTF8&th=1

Paul.

I've been using the Visible Dust swabs for years and love them. Although your option is half the price Paul
It's pretty easy to do as long as you're slow and apply even pressure across the sensor. I'll have to give the UES ones a try next time.

Thank you. I've always been too nervous to try it, though I'm told there's really nothing to it.

It's not as scary as you hear.

My sensor was terrible and needs another run, and I used 2 swabs to get it to its new level!

Paul.

I understand. My sensor needs cleaning but it's not as bad as yours was. It looks great, better maybe even your edited one prior to cleaning.

Snowyman wrote in post #19254195

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Another lovely cricket Snowy.

Paul.

So this morning I ran another two swabs over the sensor and the first photos today have had no cloning of spots done to them at all.

In these images, the sensor looks as near to clean as I think it's going to get, though time will tell when different backgrounds come into play and various light levels and colours and brightness. But, hopefully, I've got it sorted, at least until next the dreaded gets inside!!!

The example is the Ichneumonid wasp peering over the edge of a leaf on the apple tree uncropped full image, and then cropped in, and then I've got a bee on the laurel and a greenbottle near to it, which is cropped, and that too shows no spots I can see on first inspection. So I'm much happier now, especially as the workflow time will be reduced not having to get rid of blemished areas!

Looks great, I need to clean mine already. The sharpness & detail of the fly is awesome. I've only been able to get that close to flies if they're dead.

Pigpen101 wrote in post #19254264
Looks great, I need to clean mine already. The sharpness & detail of the fly is awesome. I've only been able to get that close to flies if they're dead.

Slow and steady, that's the stealthy approach, but 8 out of 10 will fly off, and the 9th will move!

Paul.

Paul Iddon wrote in post #19254033
After the first sensor clean session - will do another pass tomorrow...

There are now just a few dust spots and the cloning will be reduced massively, but another swab session might remove the remaining bits.

Paul.

What a cute bug.

pcs wrote in post #19254343

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Nice shot of a tough subject.

Thank you, they don't make it easy. Almost always facing down and very reflective. I think even a cloudy sky would give highlights. (So my flash is hopeless).