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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...
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mcjohnmcc [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
Perhaps your blower was full of dust? You used a squeeze bulb right and not a can of compressed air?
boncey (83 months ago | reply)
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.
davidtrent (83 months ago | reply)
@mcjohnmcc - a squeeze bulb as told to in my manual. did it to my lens too, just to be sure.
Orrin (83 months ago | reply)
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.
mcjohnmcc [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
@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.
Mormegil (83 months ago | reply)
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.
guy_incognito (83 months ago | reply)
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.
StefZ (83 months ago | reply)
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
-kbull- (83 months ago | reply)
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.
Αdam (63 months ago | reply)
It costs ~$2 to clean your sensor, with the scotch tape method. Didn't get my sensor perfect, but certainly helped.