Yes. I started with an image to check for marks. Did the in-camera shake followed by a jet blower to clear any dislodged dust. Checked again with another image. A lot came off both, but neither was really clean. Finished up with a wet swab, I don't like dragging a dry swab across the sensor. Only took one swab per camera to get them both perfectly clean.Did any of this this involve the in house cleaning done by the camera?
That's me. I bought one of my cameras used and have known it needed cleaning for a while. I let it go until I posted an image and someone said something. 😱I usually just wait to do it until someone says they notice a dust bunny on an image.
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The following is a public service announcement:I would let my dog lick the sensor then dry it off with an old rag tee shirt, but, I don't have a dog.
So I just spray some windex on the sensor and wipe with the old rag tee shirt.
Usually works pretty good first time out.😛
Yes, that would work!!I would let my dog lick the sensor then dry it off with an old rag tee shirt, but, I don't have a dog.
So I just spray some windex on the sensor and wipe with the old rag tee shirt.
Usually works pretty good first time out.😛
Seriously this time.Where's the fun in that, Brownie?
Yes, I'm certainly joking. Having worked in a 100k clean room I know what it means to be clean. Wet wiping was really a chore until I found out about the foam tipped swaps you can get. No more 'lint' left after cleaning.
Can you tell I'm excited about the camera that's in the mail?
I'm yet to clean any of my sensors: E-1 (2003), E-510 (2007), E-30 (2008), E-PM2 (2012), E-M1 MkI (2014} or E-M1 MkII (2016).I crap you negatory, my nikons needed cleaning what seemed like every 4 or 5 weeks it's been over six years with my em5ll and I have had my pen f for at least three and as of yet haven't noticed any spots which is really befuddling but I am not complaining.
Earlier Sony A7 cameras have that problem, too, but it's more related to the protective coating they put on the sensor, which actually grabs more particles and dissolves with sensor cleaning fluid. They may have been solved already but the earlier ones are ruly problematic.I crap you negatory, my nikons needed cleaning what seemed like every 4 or 5 weeks it's been over six years with my em5ll and I have had my pen f for at least three and as of yet haven't noticed any spots which is really befuddling but I am not complaining.
I've seen those sticky things, never made sense to me. I always imagined exactly what you describe.Seriously this time.
I used to use those sticky dab things and ended up with a with a mosaic of 'dab' marks all over the sensor glass.
[ shamefully, I cleaned them off with a cotton bud 😱 ]
John i tried that on granddaughters carRePo #2 cutting polish, followed by high carnauba wax finishing polish.
Wait. We are talking about car headlight lenses, aren't we?
BTW, the above works a treat on polycarbonate headlight lenses. Repeat every 6-12 months, depending on UV exposure.
I never noticed anything on the A7IV and there were only a couple small spots on the A7RIII that showed up when stopped down. But, I figured as long as I was going to dive in, may as well do them both. In for a penny, in for a pound. I didn't know if there'd even be anything on the A7IV, but stopped down to 22 I saw a half dozen or so specs. In-camera cleaning took care of about half of them. I probably could've let it go but I wouldn't have been able to sleep. The RIII was really no worse once in-camera was done. I'd used a jet blower on them before, but never did the shake-n-bake thing.I crap you negatory, my nikons needed cleaning what seemed like every 4 or 5 weeks it's been over six years with my em5ll and I have had my pen f for at least three and as of yet haven't noticed any spots which is really befuddling but I am not complaining.
Before:John i tried that on granddaughters car
It started and finished looking like some poor persons very cloudy cataract!
My only attempt to clean a sensor on EM5 was a disaster.
Looked like my glasses after darling little snotty fisted grandchildren had just plucked them up in their hands 😍
Cost more than second hand camera price to send away for clean 😊