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How to make a photo like this:
1) Go to the menu on the back of your canon dslr.
2) Highlight "Clean Sensor" and press the OK lens.
3) Take a hand air puffer.
4) Puff air into it in an attempt to clean the cmos.
5) Take a nice picture of a white background to check out whether that nasty stain in the middle of you photos has gone.
6) Take 4 more photos in disbelief.
7) Feel stomach sink to your feet.
8) Drive straight to your nearest camera shop.
9) Pay £45 to get it sent off and cleaned.
10) Repeat on a daily basis to your wife "£45 - shit, I've only had the fucking thing for a week"
11) Watch all that nice summer sunlight slip away. See photos everywhere.
Bastards.
Anyone know how to get their sensor clean without doing this?
Cheers...
Comments
mcjohnmcc [deleted] says:
Perhaps your blower was full of dust? You
used a squeeze bulb right and not a can of
compressed air?
Posted 34 months ago.
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Holy shit. That's bad.
I have a few spots on my 20D.
Last time I tried a blower it did nothing -
now I just ignore them.
Posted 34 months ago.
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@mcjohnmcc - a squeeze bulb as told to in my
manual. did it to my lens too, just to be
sure.
Posted 34 months ago.
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You probably have a lot more than that. For a
true test, shoot blue sky at f22, bring the
image into photoshop and run autolevels.
Then google copperhill.
Posted 34 months ago.
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mcjohnmcc [deleted] says:
@davidtrent I suspect that there was some
dust in the bulb itself to add to your pain.
I've had a few running battles with dust on
my 350D but my 20D has been ok so far.
Posted 34 months ago.
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Don't forget to hold the camera downward,
like your taking a picture of the ground, so
dust falls out of the mirror box, and not
back in.
Posted 34 months ago.
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If it makes you feel better, I'd had my 350D
for three weeks when I also tried to clean
the sensor. Then my hand slipped and
scratched the sensor.
Posted 34 months ago.
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That's just a silly amount of dust. I've used
a 300d for almost two years, change lenses
frequently and never seen anything like that.
I've only ever used a jumbo blower but if
that's not working for you you might want to
look at this ...
www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning
Posted 34 months ago.
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www.visibledust.com/
These things are expensive, but I've heard
good things about them. For now, the blower's
working for me, so I haven't had to fork over
the dough for these brushes.
Posted 34 months ago.
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It costs ~$2 to clean your sensor, with the scotch tape method . Didn't get my sensor perfect, but
certainly helped.
Posted 14 months ago.
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