walishah22
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Hi from germany and in my introduction i want to ask how to clean a mirrorless camera sensor and thanx for accpeting me
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Asher Kelman
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So pleased you joined us!
I used to spend a great deal of time fussing over getting a perfectly clean sensor. But then I discovered that the few spots had could be removed in a few seconds in post.
Here is a plethora of choices. They are all good but my experience is with a rubber bulb blower to puff away the dirt, then a can of clean air under pressure.
Only rarely have I need something else and “Sensor Clean” I have used the most.
I try to hold the body of the camera with tgr lens Mount facing downwards at about 45 degrees to limit dust falling in and if at home, blow a puff of air over the lens I am mounting.
Always use air before using anything to wipe the sensor as you don’t want to be rubbing particles against the sensor.
But I hardly clean the sensor now as I change my lenses fast and try to keep one zoom lens on that camera if possible!
My full frame Canon 5D 2 would have mostly the 16-35mm or 45 mm for street or the 70-200 for portraits.
So a birding APS-C camera would have a 100-400 with a 2x tele extender while my Fuji GFX generally has only the 33-64 mm lens.
I have many other lenses but when I change lenses, I modify my technique and stick with that lens as long as possible.
So frankly, until I read your question, I had forgotten about cleaning!
Asher
So pleased you joined us!
I used to spend a great deal of time fussing over getting a perfectly clean sensor. But then I discovered that the few spots had could be removed in a few seconds in post.
Here is a plethora of choices. They are all good but my experience is with a rubber bulb blower to puff away the dirt, then a can of clean air under pressure.
Only rarely have I need something else and “Sensor Clean” I have used the most.
I try to hold the body of the camera with tgr lens Mount facing downwards at about 45 degrees to limit dust falling in and if at home, blow a puff of air over the lens I am mounting.
Always use air before using anything to wipe the sensor as you don’t want to be rubbing particles against the sensor.
But I hardly clean the sensor now as I change my lenses fast and try to keep one zoom lens on that camera if possible!
My full frame Canon 5D 2 would have mostly the 16-35mm or 45 mm for street or the 70-200 for portraits.
So a birding APS-C camera would have a 100-400 with a 2x tele extender while my Fuji GFX generally has only the 33-64 mm lens.
I have many other lenses but when I change lenses, I modify my technique and stick with that lens as long as possible.
So frankly, until I read your question, I had forgotten about cleaning!
Asher