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Feb 14, 2013 19:23:09   #
jsenear Loc: Hopkins, MN.
 
Guys and Gals. Is this a sensor cleaning problem? Never happened to me before. Need help!





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Feb 14, 2013 19:42:49   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
jsenear wrote:
Guys and Gals. Is this a sensor cleaning problem? Never happened to me before. Need help!


Good news. It looks like a piece of thread or lint got in there when you changed your lens. Holding the camera with the lens pointing down, remove the lens and try to blow out whatever is in there. I use a Giotto Rocket, but a turkey baster might be enough to get that out of there.

Before you put the lens back on, examine the inner surface and make sure there's no foreign material on it.

Take another picture, and see how it looks.

A good way to test for sensor dirt is to use a small aperture and take a pictue of a clear sky. Unfocused is even better.

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Feb 14, 2013 20:45:49   #
jsenear Loc: Hopkins, MN.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
jsenear wrote:
Guys and Gals. Is this a sensor cleaning problem? Never happened to me before. Need help!


Good news. It looks like a piece of thread or lint got in there when you changed your lens. Holding the camera with the lens pointing down, remove the lens and try to blow out whatever is in there. I use a Giotto Rocket, but a turkey baster might be enough to get that out of there.

Before you put the lens back on, examine the inner surface and make sure there's no foreign material on it.



Take another picture, and see how it looks.

A good way to test for sensor dirt is to use a small aperture and take a pictue of a clear sky. Unfocused is even better.
quote=jsenear Guys and Gals. Is this a sensor cle... (show quote)


Thanks Jerry. Got it with my blower. I think I need a cleaning however. Going to buy one of the kits made for it. This is the first time I've seen my sensor in all these years. Does not look too difficult. Problem solved for the time being.

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Feb 14, 2013 21:41:14   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
jsenear wrote:
jerryc41 wrote:
jsenear wrote:
Guys and Gals. Is this a sensor cleaning problem? Never happened to me before. Need help!


Good news. It looks like a piece of thread or lint got in there when you changed your lens. Holding the camera with the lens pointing down, remove the lens and try to blow out whatever is in there. I use a Giotto Rocket, but a turkey baster might be enough to get that out of there.

Before you put the lens back on, examine the inner surface and make sure there's no foreign material on it.

Great!

Take another picture, and see how it looks.

A good way to test for sensor dirt is to use a small aperture and take a pictue of a clear sky. Unfocused is even better.
quote=jsenear Guys and Gals. Is this a sensor cle... (show quote)


Thanks Jerry. Got it with my blower. I think I need a cleaning however. Going to buy one of the kits made for it. This is the first time I've seen my sensor in all these years. Does not look too difficult. Problem solved for the time being.
quote=jerryc41 quote=jsenear Guys and Gals. Is t... (show quote)

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Feb 15, 2013 04:12:46   #
JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK
 
Never cleaned a sensor in my life, never needed to, people are over fussy, why clean it.......

Where is the reason in the shots

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Feb 15, 2013 05:02:19   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
JR1 wrote:
Never cleaned a sensor in my life, never needed to, people are over fussy, why clean it.......

Where is the reason in the shots


I've cleaned mine because I don't like the annoying spots in smooth areas at small apertures, and I don't like wasting my time in PS or LR getting rid of them....

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Feb 15, 2013 11:47:18   #
GrahamS Loc: Hertfordshire, U.K
 
There are two kinds of photographers. Those who have cleaned their sensor, and those who are going to.

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Feb 15, 2013 12:59:01   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
GrahamS wrote:
There are two kinds of photographers. Those who have cleaned their sensor, and those who are going to.


...or will upgrade their camera first. :D

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Feb 15, 2013 13:27:26   #
Swamp Gator Loc: Coastal South Carolina
 
JR1 wrote:
Never cleaned a sensor in my life, never needed to, people are over fussy, why clean it.......

Where is the reason in the shots


You don't see a huge piece of lint or string visible in the bottom of those two images?!

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Feb 15, 2013 13:44:06   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Swamp Gator wrote:
JR1 wrote:
Never cleaned a sensor in my life, never needed to, people are over fussy, why clean it.......

Where is the reason in the shots


You don't see a huge piece of lint or string visible in the bottom of those two images?!



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Feb 15, 2013 15:12:17   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Swamp Gator wrote:
JR1 wrote:
Never cleaned a sensor in my life, never needed to, people are over fussy, why clean it.......

Where is the reason in the shots


You don't see a huge piece of lint or string visible in the bottom of those two images?!


That's nasty.

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Feb 16, 2013 01:55:35   #
Bram boy Loc: Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
 
JR1 wrote:
Never cleaned a sensor in my life, never needed to, people are over fussy, why clean it.......

Where is the reason in the shots


If you notice the snake like things in the snow , like thin rope . Now just imagine if it was a face or some other thing . Better to get it out of there than
To work it in post prosessing ,

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Apr 6, 2013 09:31:30   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
jsenear wrote:
Is this a sensor cleaning problem?
I ran across this question this morning while looking for ideas on sensor cleaning. Did you get that hair out? I had the same problem a few years ago. Pictures would have a random line, not always in the same place. I found in the manual how to get inside a Rebel XTi behind the mirror and there was a hair from I don't know where...

I have spots on another camera that seems like it's going to be a bigger (but not by much) process.

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Apr 6, 2013 11:29:23   #
brokeweb Loc: Philadelphia
 
Are you sure it's your sensor and not your lens? did you switch lenses to isolate the problem?
You might try a couple shots of canned air. just a couple quick shots.

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Apr 6, 2013 11:38:04   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
brokeweb wrote:
Are you sure it's your sensor and not your lens? did you switch lenses to isolate the problem?
You might try a couple shots of canned air. just a couple quick shots.

Some camera manufacturers specifically say not to use canned air. I use the Giotto Rocket

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