Problem with cleaning the sensor.

[tecboy]

I'm still having problem cleaning the sensor using swabs, and I don't know what it is? When I pressing too hard to wipe the sensor, the moisture appear. When I lightly press, the dusts move around.

 

[480sparky38 37]

Blow as much dust off first with a Giottos Rocket Blower.

Then use a sensor brush.

Only then should you go to a wet method.

 

[Derrel]

You are very likely using too much sensor cleaning fluid! ONE drop on each side is PLENTY!!!! Especially if you're cleaning a DX sensor. I will usually finish with a brand-new DRY Sensor Swab brand swab after the wet cleaning passes.

 

[manaheim]

ugh take it to a pro. don't screw around with that if you're having issues.

 

[SCraig]

Blow as much dust off first with a Giottos Rocket Blower.

Then use a sensor brush.

Only then should you go to a wet method.

^^ This.

ALWAYS start by trying to blow as much dust off as possible. Hold the body so the lens opening is pointing down so that loosened dust has a chance to fall out. Only then should you try a wet cleaning method. Dust can be very abrasive and can scratch the surface of the filter array in front of the sensor (you aren't actually cleaning the sensor but the filter) so it is very important to get as much off as possible before you start wiping anything across it.

 

[tecboy]

Blow as much dust off first with a Giottos Rocket Blower.

Then use a sensor brush.

Only then should you go to a wet method.

^^ This.

ALWAYS start by trying to blow as much dust off as possible. Hold the body so the lens opening is pointing down so that loosened dust has a chance to fall out. Only then should you try a wet cleaning method. Dust can be very abrasive and can scratch the surface of the filter array in front of the sensor (you aren't actually cleaning the sensor but the filter) so it is very important to get as much off as possible before you start wiping anything across it.

Thanks, I bough this one. VisibleDust. DSLR camera sensor cleaning. It comes with a sensor brush. The instruction in the package doesn't have enough information to use the sensor brush. I didn't know I have to use a compressed air can to blow the bristle, charge up the static, and brush immediately in the sensor before the static charge depleted. I just recently saw that video in this link.

You are very likely using too much sensor cleaning fluid! ONE drop on each side is PLENTY!!!! Especially if you're cleaning a DX sensor. I will usually finish with a brand-new DRY Sensor Swab brand swab after the wet cleaning passes.

Even with Sensor Swab moist package. I keep getting streak. According to the instruction, using a dry swab can scratches the sensor.

ugh take it to a pro. don't screw around with that if you're having issues.

I did take my other dslr to the pro, once. I had a bad luck.

Thanks guys for the responses.

 

[robbins.photo]

ugh take it to a pro. don't screw around with that if you're having issues.

See I say stuff like this and I get called silly and an alarmist. Lol - I guess my thinking is if you have an expensive camera and this isn't really something you have much experience with your just better off having it professionally cleaned. If you don't have the experience with it and want to get some then your better off buying some really old cheap model and practicing with that first as opposed to running the risk of screwing up a camera that you paid a good chunk of change for - but hey, that might just be me.

 

[manaheim]

Exactly.

 

[tecboy]

I think what had happened is a lot of dusts in the sensor. I keep switching lenses a lot. I have been using a lot of Sensor Swabs and Visibledusts. No matter how many times I clean it, there is away dusts in the sensor even I use a rocket air blower. When I use the sensor brush for the first time, it got worse, because the dusts accumulated in the edges of the sensor and spread out. I have to use a sensor brush to brush several times to get the sensor clean. It takes me a while to get all the dusts out.

 

[robbins.photo]

I think what had happened is a lot of dusts in the sensor. I keep switching lenses a lot. I have been using a lot of Sensor Swabs and Visibledusts. No matter how many times I clean it, there is away dusts in the sensor even I use a rocket air blower. When I use the sensor brush for the first time, it got worse, because the dusts accumulated in the edges of the sensor and spread out. I have to use a sensor brush to brush several times to get the sensor clean. It takes me a while to get all the dusts out.

Tecboy, I think your best bet at this stage would be to have the camera cleaned professionally. Then once you get it back, and forgive me if this seems a little direct, leave it the hell alone. The only time you should really consider trying to clean it again is if you actually see something on the images themselves, otherwise just leave it be and let the camera's auto cleaning system do it's thing. In the meantime, if you think you might be wanting to attempt doing this again yourself, find the cheapest low end canon DSLR you can find used and buy it. Then use it to practice with. Just my two cents worth of course.

 

[tecboy]

I think what had happened is a lot of dusts in the sensor. I keep switching lenses a lot. I have been using a lot of Sensor Swabs and Visibledusts. No matter how many times I clean it, there is away dusts in the sensor even I use a rocket air blower. When I use the sensor brush for the first time, it got worse, because the dusts accumulated in the edges of the sensor and spread out. I have to use a sensor brush to brush several times to get the sensor clean. It takes me a while to get all the dusts out.

Tecboy, I think your best bet at this stage would be to have the camera cleaned professionally. Then once you get it back, and forgive me if this seems a little direct, leave it the hell alone. The only time you should really consider trying to clean it again is if you actually see something on the images themselves, otherwise just leave it be and let the camera's auto cleaning system do it's thing. In the meantime, if you think you might be wanting to attempt doing this again yourself, find the cheapest low end canon DSLR you can find used and buy it. Then use it to practice with. Just my two cents worth of course.

I just got the whole sensor cleaned using a sensor brush. I posted another thread about the technicians who have 40 years experiences, and they scratched the sensor, and not just that, they also scratched the focusing screen. Beside, I have taken several difference professionals before, and they didn't do a good job.

 

[robbins.photo]

I think what had happened is a lot of dusts in the sensor. I keep switching lenses a lot. I have been using a lot of Sensor Swabs and Visibledusts. No matter how many times I clean it, there is away dusts in the sensor even I use a rocket air blower. When I use the sensor brush for the first time, it got worse, because the dusts accumulated in the edges of the sensor and spread out. I have to use a sensor brush to brush several times to get the sensor clean. It takes me a while to get all the dusts out.

Tecboy, I think your best bet at this stage would be to have the camera cleaned professionally. Then once you get it back, and forgive me if this seems a little direct, leave it the hell alone. The only time you should really consider trying to clean it again is if you actually see something on the images themselves, otherwise just leave it be and let the camera's auto cleaning system do it's thing. In the meantime, if you think you might be wanting to attempt doing this again yourself, find the cheapest low end canon DSLR you can find used and buy it. Then use it to practice with. Just my two cents worth of course.

I just got the whole sensor cleaned using a sensor brush. I posted another thread about the technicians who have 40 years experiences, and they scratched the sensor, and not just that, they also scratched the focusing screen. Beside, I have taken several difference professionals before, and they didn't do a good job.

Well glad you got it fixed. As to the "professionals" you mentioned I guess if they didn't do a good job then they weren't all that professional. We've got a local camera shop here that always does a fantastic job with anything I've ever brought to them, and of course if they had been responsible for scratching the sensor or the focusing screen they would have replaced them for free - most reputable shops would. Not sure what sort of "professionals" your dealing with but they don't sound all that professional to me. As for the rest, I guess I'll wish you luck. I still recommend you get a cheap throw away to practice on, before you actually risk doing permanent damage to a more expensive system.

 

[480sparky38 37]

I'd say you really have to try (hard!) to screw up a sensor while cleaning it.

 

[tecboy]

I have cleaning my T3i and 70D so many times and never damaged the sensors. My personal experience is that too many dust in the sensors when I switching lenses. It just make it harder for me to clean it. I think those professionals have the same issue as I do. They admitted that they have a hard time cleaning my sensor.

 

[robbins.photo]

I have cleaning my T3i and 70D so many times and never damaged the sensors. My personal experience is that too many dust in the sensors when I switching lenses. It just make it harder for me to clean it. I think those professionals have the same issue as I do. They admitted that they have a hard time cleaning my sensor.

Well honestly I'm just seriously confused now. In a previous posting you stated you had purchased a sensor cleaning kit but that you didn't have enough information to use the sensor brush, so you were representing this as something new to you. Now your stating that you do this all the time on several cameras. You state that you won't take it to a professional to do this because they might scratch the sensor and supposedly you have personal experience with this actually happening, and yet even though you don't trust someone who works on cameras for a living to do this for you, you somehow feel qualified to do it yourself.

As to the rest, well dust is a part of life. It comes in, it goes out, it does what it does. Personally if I'm not seeing it on the images, I think it's pretty silly to risk cleaning the camera in such a way that you might do some serious damage to it. Maybe that's just my personal experience. But hey, in the final analysis it's your camera, so whatever floats your boat I guess.