Travel Sensor Cleaning
Jul 22, 2019 13:23:32 #
Almost every time I travel I end up with dirt on the sensor of my D7100. While I always carry a rocket blower it’s not enough. As I’m now heading to China for over three weeks I need to take a proper sensor cleaning kit with me; but what type? Dry, wet, sticky? I just don’t know. Please help me with this. I’d like the easiest, most effective method that I can do on the road. Thank you all in advance for you’re help and guidance.
Jul 22, 2019 13:48:00 #
"SENSOR KLEAR" LOUPE
BEEN USEING IT MANY TIMES AND AM ALWAYS SATISFIED.
BEEN USEING IT MANY TIMES AND AM ALWAYS SATISFIED.
Jul 22, 2019 14:00:47 #
sinderone wrote:
Almost every time I travel I end up with dirt on the sensor of my D7100. While I always carry a rocket blower it’s not enough. As I’m now heading to China for over three weeks I need to take a proper sensor cleaning kit with me; but what type? Dry, wet, sticky? I just don’t know. Please help me with this. I’d like the easiest, most effective method that I can do on the road. Thank you all in advance for you’re help and guidance.
Arctic Butterfly or less expensive MOVO MV-B100. Carson SM-44 Sensor Mag. When you use your blower, hold camera with lens-mount side down (why blow dust around in there and let it settle back down?)
Jul 22, 2019 17:27:54 #
sinderone wrote:
Almost every time I travel I end up with dirt on the sensor of my D7100. While I always carry a rocket blower it’s not enough. As I’m now heading to China for over three weeks I need to take a proper sensor cleaning kit with me; but what type? Dry, wet, sticky? I just don’t know. Please help me with this. I’d like the easiest, most effective method that I can do on the road. Thank you all in advance for you’re help and guidance.
When I went to Africa and Scotland in 2018, I took wet and dry cleaning kit PLUS the gel stick. Didn’t take much space and saved my bacon a couple of times.
Jul 23, 2019 05:39:12 #
Jul 23, 2019 07:25:44 #
sinderone wrote:
Almost every time I travel I end up with dirt on the sensor of my D7100. While I always carry a rocket blower it’s not enough. As I’m now heading to China for over three weeks I need to take a proper sensor cleaning kit with me; but what type? Dry, wet, sticky? I just don’t know. Please help me with this. I’d like the easiest, most effective method that I can do on the road. Thank you all in advance for you’re help and guidance.
After going to China last year and needing a small piece of photo equipment there, I learned quickly that in China you will be viewed as a bag of money by the sellers. They will not hesitate to take advantage of you in the name of "capitalism"!
Jul 23, 2019 08:50:47 #
When I travel I always take a few of the VSGO sensor swabs and liquid along. Cleaning the sensor only takes a few minutes if the blower and the camera's shaker mode don't do the job.
Jul 23, 2019 09:50:41 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
jtwind wrote:
When I travel I always take a few of the VSGO sensor swabs and liquid along. Cleaning the sensor only takes a few minutes if the blower and the camera's shaker mode don't do the job.
My travel kit: Blower, Sensor brush, Swabs & liquid, Magnifier. Scrunch up the blower and secure with a rubber band. Believe it or not, some securities have interpreted blowers as grenades. A good-quality sensor brush is cheaper and smaller than Arctic Butterfly. Use blower on bristles. Swabs and liquid take up almost no room. You can usually find a small magnifier tha will work.
Jul 23, 2019 10:17:24 #
dirt inside camera is almost always dust , a vacuum cleaner will remove that dust in seconds .just did it again yesterday .if i could figure how to post pics , it would show before and after .take a 3 sec exposure , with the end of a vacuum cleaner hose 1 inch away , take 2 or 3 shots .you are done .a blower move the dust around , vacuum takes it away .i can easily send shots on a email , so you see .never had sensor cleaned by a store , due to be in field and switching lenses , dust has always been a problem .[ no guts no glory ]
Jul 23, 2019 10:41:26 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
agillot wrote:
Great! On my next trip, I'll pack a vacuum cleaner! a vacuum cleaner will remove that dust in seconds . vacuum takes it away .
Jul 23, 2019 13:37:13 #
Jul 23, 2019 15:56:57 #
If you always have a lens or a cap attached to the camera, why would you need the sensor to be cleaned so many times?
Jul 23, 2019 16:39:34 #
Why not clean the sensor before or after the trip, rather than during the trip?
Jul 23, 2019 17:07:12 #
agillot wrote:
dirt inside camera is almost always dust , a vacuu... (show quote)
OMG give me a break....... The air moving across your sensor that fast will cause static electricity and every bit of dust in that air flowing past your sensor will STICK to your sensor........ How do I Know, because I tried this once before. It took hours to get the dust off the sensor correctly using sensor swabs and cleaning fluid.
Jul 23, 2019 17:42:13 #
Certainly was simpler fifty years ago when we had disposable sensors that we replaced every 24-36 exposures. 
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