Sensor Shield Yes or No? (Page 3): Suddenly I feel so out of it. Sixty years of carrying a camera. Almost forty of that making a living with cameras hanging around my neck. Quick to go...

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

Suddenly I feel so out of it. Sixty years of carrying a camera. Almost forty of that making a living with cameras hanging around my neck. Quick to go digital when it appeared (Nikon D100) and, somehow I have never heard of a sensor shield until today. Now I am going to have to go back in time and rethink most of my photographic life. Damn! I would rather be shooting and making prints.
(Lest there be any misunderstanding, this is a joke. Humor! I don't really care about Sensor Shields.)

JD750 Loc: SoCal

CamB wrote:

Suddenly I feel so out of it. Sixty years of carrying a camera. Almost forty of that making a living with cameras hanging around my neck. Quick to go digital when it appeared (Nikon D100) and, somehow I have never heard of a sensor shield until today. Now I am going to have to go back in time and rethink most of my photographic life. Damn! I would rather be shooting and making prints.

So it would seem you have progressed to the point where in your mind there are no possible improvements to function of a digital camera. I hope to never be that advanced.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

JD750 wrote:

So it would seem you have progressed to the point where in your mind there are no possible improvements to function of a digital camera. I hope to never be that advanced.

Wrong. I love all the modern stuff. Auto focus and Back Button Focus, Auto white balance. I am definably a lover and believer in all the cool stuff my modern camera and every new version of LRc and Photoshop does. Still though, I have never heard of a Sensor Shield until today. I can't change that.

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Architect1776 wrote:

I am guessing that you try and not use your shutter release either as it will likely wear out along with your on and off switch..

Acoarst. Use ONLY the IR remote. SOP for anyone with more the three neurons firing.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

CamB wrote:

Wrong. I love all the modern stuff. Auto focus and Back Button Focus, Auto white balance. I am definably a lover and believer in all the cool stuff my modern camera and every new version of LRc and Photoshop does. Still though, I have never heard of a Sensor Shield until today. I can't change that.

Ok fair enough. I’m sorry if I misread your reply.

It’s a feature now offered on some Nikon digital models but some say it has been a feature on other brands. None of the brands I have owned. lol.

But it certainly not new as with SLRs it was possible to swap lenses without ruining a frame, so something was covering the film when doing that.

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Architect1776 wrote:

Perhaps all your DSLRs sprayed oil but none of mine ever did.
Show a technical paper stating ALL DSLRs spray oil.

Nope. Its YOUR obligation to present a tech paper proving the opposite.

Tech papers are largely irrelevant, but if you choose to bring them up, then you go first. I know that you know that.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

CamB wrote:

Wrong. I love all the modern stuff. Auto focus and Back Button Focus, Auto white balance. I am definably a lover and believer in all the cool stuff my modern camera and every new version of LRc and Photoshop does. Still though, I have never heard of a Sensor Shield until today. I can't change that.

Canon came into mirrorless slowly, watching the mistakes on the bleeding edges elsewhere. They've added a sensor shield to their new models. Certainly for a reason.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

User ID wrote:

Acoarst. Use ONLY the IR remote. SOP for anyone with more the three neurons firing.

more that three are needed?

cmc4214 Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania

JD750 wrote:

I did look and none of my DSLRs closed the shutter when turned off. Maybe it’s a brand dependent function.

I agree about being careful when changing lenses.

Aren't DSLR shutters always closed except in live view, or when actually taking a photo?

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

cmc4214 wrote:

Aren't DSLR shutters always closed except in live view, or when actually taking a photo?

Yes, you are correct.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

cmc4214 wrote:

Aren't DSLR shutters always closed except in live view, or when actually taking a photo?

Of course. The context, however, is digital mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras — MILCs.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

cmc4214 wrote:

Aren't DSLR shutters always closed except in live view, or when actually taking a photo?

Oops!! You are correct. I meant mirrorless cameras.

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

I have mine set up to close when I turn off the camera.
Day one Lesson one when I was taking photography classes.
How to clean your camera, lenses and the proper way to remove the lens.
YES there is a proper way to remove the lens to help keep dust out of the camera. \

JD750 Loc: SoCal

bdk wrote:

I have mine set up to close when I turn off the camera.
Day one Lesson one when I was taking photography classes.
How to clean your camera, lenses and the proper way to remove the lens.
YES there is a proper way to remove the lens to help keep dust out of the camera. \

You mean you shouldn't pop the lens off the camera at Burning Man during a dust storm, and then lay the camera on a table while you rummage around in your bag for then other lens?

Randyfrieder Loc: Long Island, New York

[quote=Longshadow]Technically, yes it does. Just like the ignition switch on your car, wall switches, ... .
More that 1,000(

) and you'll probably replace the camera before the on-off switch goes bad.
When was the last time you had an on-off switch go bad on anything?

Pro Z9 user here.
First off, I started digital, a long , long time ago, with the D100, and I have never needed a sensor cleaning, which is testament to my careful handling of my expensive equipment

I do have a bad habit of shutting the camera off, a few dozen times during a shoot.
Early digital bodies ate batteries for breakfast.
Because of that, I developed the habit of switching it off.

I have never needed to have a digital Nikon body serviced for any reason, which is an absolutely amazing fact.

I shoot hundreds of thousands of shots a year.
Since I am shooting live music, events and weddings, etc, I am not usually in a hostile environment, no sand, no salt, etc.

I do appreciate both the sensor cover and the feature in my last few Nikon bodies, that does an ultrasonic cleaning to the sensor, on startup and shutdown, to remove dirt.

I do have the Z9 power off sensor cover, set to activate when I turn the camera off or to change lenses.
Which I do, with the lens opening facing down.

Ymmv
IMHO
📸 Regards, Randy 📸