Canon Rebel XT camera care???

I am very new to photography.... and i would just like to know what the best camera care would be like... I have a few lenses, and i change them often, thus exposing the camera to dirt.... Should i try to avoid changing lenses as much as possible or can you just blow the dirt out later . What is the best way to clean up your equipment after using it?

Buy a bulb blower—the Giottos Rocket-Air seems to be the most popular brand. It's only $15 (US) or so.

If you want to keep things as clean as possible, after you remove a lens use the blower to blow out the mirror chamber. Then use it to be sure that the rear element of the new lens is clean before you mount it to the camera. When your sensor does collect dust, use the blower to blow the dust off of the sensor (with the camera in "sensor clean" mode).

There are additional things that you can do to clean the sensor if the bulb blower doesn't handle it, but the occasional use of the bulb blower should keep dust to a minimum.

More information on cleaning DSLRs can be found at http://www.cleaningdig​italcameras.com/

I use a clear plastic bag large enough to hold the body and the lens. I change my lens inside the bag. I second Dougs advice about a good bulb blower also. The important thing is to try and keep the dust from getting in. I hate comming home and having to spend time removing dust spots in PS.

The only special precautions I take when changing lenses is to be out of the wind as much as possible (sheltered if convenient) and to minimize the time the camera is open to the environment. I clean my sensor whenever I begin to notice dust spots or before a shoot where I think I'm going to be using smaller apertures. I shoot in some pretty dusty environments too (festivals and fairs where thousands of feet are kicking up the dirt).

My philosophy is the camera is your tool for taking images. Use it like a tool. Take care of it, but don't hesitate to use it for what it's designed to do. Photography is about images, not about collecting gear and babying it.

Mark

Mark_Cohran wrote in post #3173080
The only special precautions I take when changing lenses is to be out of the wind as much as possible (sheltered if convenient) and to minimize the time the camera is open to the environment. I clean my sensor whenever I begin to notice dust spots or before a shoot where I think I'm going to be using smaller apertures. I shoot in some pretty dusty environments too (festivals and fairs where thousands of feet are kicking up the dirt).

My philosophy is the camera is your tool for taking images. Use it like a tool. Take care of it, but don't hesitate to use it for what it's designed to do. Photography is about images, not about collecting gear and babying it.

Mark

That pretty well says it all . . .