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Dry sensor cleaning

Dry sensor cleaning

- In a previous Practicing Photographer, you saw me encounter this Canon EOS 5D that has a sensor dust problem. We talked about how to identify sensor dust, where it comes from, and then we went to the first step of sensor cleaning, which is to use a blower bulb to get the sensor cleaned. I used this Visible Dust Zeeion anti-static blower, which has some very, very interesting properties compared to a regular blower. It got some dust off, but it didn't get it all, so I have to move to the next regular stage of sensor cleaning. If you can't get it off with a blower bulb, then you have to move on to a dry-cleaning solution. I have seen people in forums say, "Oh, just go buy a makeup brush and stick that "in there and wipe it on your sensor." I cannot stress enough how you should not use any material to clean your camera sensor that was not designed for cleaning a sensor. Think about the size of your sensor and how it has, in this case, what, 12 million pixels on it. That means any…

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