Timeline for Dust on Sensor After Many Cleanings DSLR
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| Oct 2, 2020 at 2:40 | history | protected | xiota | ||
| Jul 7, 2019 at 20:36 | answer | added | Hercules | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 4:49 | comment | added | xiota | It's the same process regardless of when you try to clean it. Also, your edit2 image still doesn't look clean. | |
| Mar 7, 2019 at 20:25 | history | edited | chantheman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2019 at 20:25 | comment | added | chantheman | Not a duplicate. This is about after you clean your sensor, not being able to get it perfectly clean. Not if it's safe to clean your sensor. | |
| Mar 5, 2019 at 3:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 5, 2019 at 3:24 | comment | added | xiota | Possible duplicate of What is the best way to clean the sensor on a interchangeable lens camera (mirrorless or digital SLR)? | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 4:00 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 28, 2018 at 3:06 | history | edited | Michael C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2018 at 21:26 | comment | added | chantheman | One thing that also helped was knowing where the dust is: photo.stackexchange.com/questions/18292/… | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 21:24 | comment | added | chantheman | Thanks for the advice! Coincidentally, I accidentally ordered the DX size! No joke. And they did help. But at f22, with a 2 second shutter against the sky or just a white piece of paper, I still see spots. I guess I just have to let the OCD go.. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 21:02 | comment | added | chulster | I note that most of the remaining dust (in the linked photos) is along the top edge of the frame, thus at either the beginning or the end of the swab's path across the sensor. I suggest trying a second pass with a smaller, DX-sized swab, wiping along the perpendicular axis. A DX swab is 24mm wide. | |
| Oct 22, 2018 at 0:18 | history | edited | chantheman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 21, 2018 at 16:00 | comment | added | chantheman | Thanks for the suggestion. I thought of that too and cleaned the lens. I also cleaned two different lenses and tried them both and the spots were the same (although one only went to f16 so they were less noticeable). | |
| Oct 21, 2018 at 12:23 | comment | added | J... | Are you sure your lens is clean? At F/22 you will probably be imaging any dust that is sitting on the back element of your lens. Always clean that first so you can be sure that the dust you're seeing is actually dust on the sensor and not on the lens back element. | |
| Oct 21, 2018 at 9:43 | comment | added | Alex | Probably a stupid question on my part, but are you sure the lens you're using to test this is clean? They do look more like sensor spots, admittedly, but if you have crap on your rear element it might look similar. | |
| Oct 21, 2018 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhotos/status/1053934093317103616 | ||
| Oct 20, 2018 at 20:17 | vote | accept | chantheman | ||
| Oct 20, 2018 at 19:30 | answer | added | Michael C | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 20, 2018 at 19:23 | history | edited | chantheman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2018 at 19:01 | history | edited | Michael C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:59 | comment | added | Michael C | The front silvered surface of the mirror is much more fragile than the filter stack in front of your sensor. You should never touch the mirror with anything. Even though any damage may not be visible, removing any of the silvering from the surface will reduce the reflectivity of the mirror and will affect the amount of light reaching your camera's light meter, which is located above the focusing screen in the same area as the viewfinder prism. If there is dust on your mirror, gently blow it off with a bulb blower. | |
| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:55 | history | edited | Michael C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:29 | comment | added | chantheman | Haha.. yes. I lock up the mirror when cleaning it. Although I did clean the mirror too with a left over swab. | |
| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:28 | history | edited | chantheman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:24 | comment | added | scottbb♦ | Thanks for the photos. Next question, this is the equivalent to "did you take off the lens cap?": just for clarity's sake, you are cleaning the sensor, and not the mirror, right? =) | |
| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:15 | history | edited | chantheman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2018 at 18:00 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 20, 2018 at 17:55 | history | asked | chantheman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
