How to clean the INSIDE of a lens

nightspidy

I've cleaned both camera bodies and I still see this piece of hair in the upper left hand corner of my pics. So, I'm guessing it is inside of the lens....is this even possible? I've cleaned the lens, top and bottom, but the hair refuses to budge. Any ideas?

Art Scott

nightspidy wrote:

I've cleaned both camera bodies and I still see this piece of hair in the upper left hand corner of my pics. So, I'm guessing it is inside of the lens....is this even possible? I've cleaned the lens, top and bottom, but the hair refuses to budge. Any ideas?

dunno send it in to be professionally cleaned......that details taking the lens apart.....not something I would want to try ..........dunno

Tee Why

Hair in the viewfinder or the actual image?

ziggy53

If you can see the hair it is not in or on your lens. It is something still attached to your imager. Use a small LED light to see the imager more easily and remember that images are inverted compared to the scene.

Richard

nightspidy wrote:

I've cleaned both camera bodies and I still see this piece of hair in the upper left hand corner of my pics. So, I'm guessing it is inside of the lens....is this even possible? I've cleaned the lens, top and bottom, but the hair refuses to budge. Any ideas?

Just to clarify: You are seeing the hair in the same place on pics shot using one lens and two different bodies. Is that correct?

20DNoob

I'm guessing it's in the camera body. I once found what I believed to be an eyelash in one of mine just lounging about on the focus screen.

Robinivich

Unless you're shooting mostly stopped down to f45 or something, you shouldn't really be able to "see" anything in or on the lens in your pictures, its just too far from the plane of focus. A fuzzy dark spot, yes, if you've got a big something in the lens, but nothing identifiable.

If it's fairly obviously a hair, and it shows up in your photos (not the viewfinder) then it's on the sensor, and you'll need to clean it.

Normally, even if some dust accumulates in the lens over time, all you'll notice is MAYBE some darkening, more likely a little flare as the dust picks up stray light and scatters it.

nightspidy

Update
Ok, just to clarify....I am using 1 lens and 2 camera bodies. The hair is in the exact same place on both bodies. How do I go about sending in this lens for a cleaning?

pathfinder

You need to go to www.canonusa.com and work your way down through their Support menu to get to the info about Canon Factory Service. They will want the serial number of the lens.

I have had several items serviced by CFS in Jamesburg New Jersey. There is a service center on the west coast as well.

CFS does an excellent job, and usually your equipment is returned in 7 - 10 days after they receive authorization for payment. They will email you an estimate of the cost if the repair is not a warranty repair. Unless the lens is new, this may not be considered a warranty situation.

nightspidy

Thank you