How to Clean dust off the sensor of the Canon EOS cameras

How to remove dust and smudges by cleaning the digital image sensor on the Canon EOS cameras

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• Canon
• 5D
• 30D
• 20D
• 1D
• Mark
• II
• MarkIIn
• sensor
• clean
• Eclipse
• swabs

[cableaddict]

I'm all for E2 fluid, but HOW much do those swabs cost again? Say what?

You can buy lint-free, super-soft swabs made for electronic components for about 1/100th the cost. I don't need the convenience of a swab that's the exact width of my sensor.

[TallynsProPhoto]

Photosol will replace your camera if their product damages your camera. I don't think any of the lint-free, super-soft cloth manufactures guarantee that.

Or, you could pay $125 to have Canon do it, which is warrantied as well.

Sensor Swabs aren't for every day use either. Someone might use it once or twice a month at the very most. So, $48.00 for a year's supply or even 6 months for extra dusty use is not bad at all.

[robblac]

I use floor cleaner and some wire wool, now it is very clean indeed..

[Drishtee21]

Do we need to throw the swab away after using it for the first time?

[snifnscratch]

Unless you`ve been eating your dinner off the sensor, there should be no need to use cleaning fluid on it. I use a small, dry paintbrush to gently brush my d3x sensor, whilst simultaneously holding a vacuum cleaner nozzle near the entrance to the lens mount for a couple of seconds. Neadless to say, I don`t do it very often!

[iLackie]

@omglolsee Second.

[omglolsee]

where is the sensor cleaning on a canon t3?

[devonmale69]

@smileyyC you should never use compressed air inside the camera bad idea

[devonmale69]

@TallynsProPhoto your only cleaning the filter why do you scare people like this

[FructusSum]

bring it in a camera shop and get them do it, most offer if we break we will pay to fix it, if not you can sue for the repair cost if they break it.

[smileyyC]

omg don't do it. The image sensor is the most expensive part of the camera and its really sensitive. I dont know about the product but the glass/filter ur cleaning can easily be scratched. Most small dust particles that go on the image sensor is barely if not even noticeable. If u do see black spots on ur pictures then its something huge on the sensor. All u need is compressed air and GENTLY and LIGHTLY blow it off the sensor off.if u clean it wrong u will have perm lines in all ur pics

[desperado2839]

겁나서 직접 못하겠단..

[TheJavaJunkee]

Conman....