Sensor Cleaning - Show us your dirtiest sensor
Scott_Quier
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OK, it's been suggest a thread be started show just how dirty it can get. I'll show you mine if you show me yours :wink
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
This is the AFTER Shot
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:skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
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Those are some pretty dirty sensors I think the winner will deserve a cleaning kit and a tutorial on how to use it
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Was that taken with the Hubble telescope or what?? Cause I swear I see Pluto in there.
And I get deeper and deeper
The more I see the more I fall no place to hide
You better take the call I get deeper and deeper...The Fixx
Gel? How come?
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(on my 20D)
Very easily........ you have to be careful using a sensor brush.
If you manage to touch anywhere but the sensor you run the risk of picking up a clear gel (lubricant) that is on the shutter.
You wont see it, that's why I didn't know I'd even touched it.
While using the Sensor Brush I wiped it across the sensor,
not realizing till I saw it show up on my images.
Too late, that clear gel is on my sensor brush and unknowingly,
I thought it was some more dust, so I wipe the brush across the sensor once more and this time I spread it further and more visibly across the sensor.
So not only did I have get myself a COPPER HILL kit,
I also had to clean the Sensor brush as well.
When I took the camera into the store they told me not to worry,
and many before me have done the same thing.
So be careful what you touch..... and it may already be on the rim and you wont see it till you try to clean your sensor.
It comes off easily enough with the COPPER HILL fluid using it exactly as the Tutorial Instructions say.
Do not attempt to clean your sensor without clearly reading how to do it before you start trying to do it.
...... Skippy
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A plain wall will work as will a blue sky. Shoot at f/22 or higher. Then run autolevels in PS to make it look really ugly.
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FWIW.
In your opinion how effective is the 50D's sensor cleaning?
The most recent cleaning was after my recent trip to Alaska (and conditions were pretty dusty at times ... and lots of wind). Even then, it wasn't too bad but I was loaning the camera to a friend and I didn't know at what aperture she would be using it. It was OK at f/8 or less, but ....
I'm not real careful about swapping lenses - I just usually don't have time to be pretty about it.
Given all that - it is a benefit over the 30D (which I was cleaning about once a month) but it's not a miracle worker either. It's definitely not a reason to purchase.
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I mostly shoot pretty wide open anyways but now, just like with your micro focus adjust thread, I am wondering...
Looks like SmugMug made it onto your sensor