Cleaning the interior of the camera (Page 2): Chewing gum, cheese curls, pizza crust - I guess that's what happens when you let your kids play with your camera!

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

LFingar wrote:

Keep in mind that some of the debris may not loosen up easily. Chewing gum, cheese curls, pizza crust, can all be hard to dislodge. Before using the air blower it would be best to get things moving by holding the camera, lens opening down, and giving it several good raps with a hammer. At least a 2lb drilling hammer should get the job done!

Chewing gum, cheese curls, pizza crust - I guess that's what happens when you let your kids play with your camera!

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

rook2c4 wrote:

Chewing gum, cheese curls, pizza crust - I guess that's what happens when you let your kids play with your camera!

Don't have any kids, and don't try to tell me you have never had any of those things in your camera!

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Cheesy....😀😀😀

tommyII Loc: Northern Illinois

Darren01 wrote:

That's genius Bob..!!! LOL Trying that next! couldn't find that page in my manual though! I guess if you just blow it out real good with a compressor you should be ok.

Actually a power washer with a 3,100 psi works even better.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

A super easy way is to remove the lens and set the camera on top of your car the next time you go through the automatic car wash. Camera and car will be sparkling clean.

Hang one of those little pine trees from the camera's mirror and you're done! (Another reason to avoid mirrorless cameras.)

bwilliams

I thought the question was how to get dust out of the view finder. Did miss the answer?

ButchS Loc: Spokane, WA

PixelStan77 wrote:

My 2 cents, leave it to a professional camera repair place.

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Too many say send it out. Most cleaning can be done by the owner. Buy a sensor cleaning kit and follow many online tutorials how to do this. Do you really want to send it in with shipping both ways and trust the body will not be dropped or mishandled. Not to mention the time. I have been cleaning my bodies for years now and have never had an issue. But I depend on myself and do not have deep pockets.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

duane klipping wrote:

Too many say send it out. Most cleaning can be done by the owner. Buy a sensor cleaning kit and follow many online tutorials how to do this. Do you really want to send it in with shipping both ways and trust the body will not be dropped or mishandled. Not to mention the time. I have been cleaning my bodies for years now and have never had an issue. But I depend on myself and do not have deep pockets.

A lot of people clean their own sensors but not everyone is comfortable with that. Perhaps the OP is not. His question wasn't about cleaning the sensor anyway. He is concerned about debris visible in other areas of the camera. No doubt much of that can be removed by the OP and he is looking for ideas on how to do it. The problem, IMO, is that if there is enough debris in the camera to be noticeable then there is almost certainly more of it in areas not normally visible or accessible. Sounds to me like a professional cleaning is needed.
A feature I like about my EOS R that eliminates a good deal of contamination is that the shutter is closed when the camera is turned off, such as when changing lenses. That seals off the interior and prevents dust, etc from getting in. Of course, camera bodies breathe, but, it is still a big help. So far as I know no DSLR or changeable lens mirrorless has that feature. I hope Canon continues it in future models.
Here's a photo of it from the Ken Rockwell site:

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Darren01 Loc: Fallbrook California

Hahahaha, These are all great what you really should NOT Doo's. Thanks for playing along. When everyone is on the same page and happy! it makes a difference! Back to the OP's question...By all means, have your camera cleaned by someone capable if you do not want to attempt it yourself. And BOB, was that ajax soap or dawn. I'm a dawn man myself. Don't think the camera brand matters so much as to the proper under faucet cleaning technique, would you agree??? OH, and correct compressor psi also.... great week everyone...
Darren

fantom Loc: Colorado

rmalarz wrote:

This technique might work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xj1FlL-iAo

However, it might be Canon specific.
--Bob

If this clown really knew what he was talking about he would have told us to remove the battery before submersing the camera in the water.
He also neglected to inform us of what type of dish/laundry soap to use in the water bath. To wash the lens in the same bath of soapy, cleaning water is just asking for trouble as you do not want to work in already contaminated water.

There were numerous other omissions that were overlooked, so I would not rely too heavily on this tutorial.

Darren01 Loc: Fallbrook California

fantom wrote:

If this clown really knew what he was talking about he would have told us to remove the battery before submersing the camera in the water.
He also neglected to inform us of what type of dish/laundry soap to use in the water bath. To wash the lens in the same bath of soapy, cleaning water is just asking for trouble as you do not want to work in already contaminated water.

There were numerous other omissions that were overlooked, so I would not rely too heavily on this tutorial.

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!.....AWE...! You all are GREAT! Love it ., Just got done with the DAWN wash and Putting the 5DMIV in a bed of rice for about a week and see how it turns out, hell , it's still under warranty.. Battery doesn't matter on DC
The contaminated water might be an issue though.. That's why I take a shower...Men don't bathe.... Just sayin