Dust in cameras

Woddle

How the hell do you get the dust out of your camera, It's not the lense. When I take the lense off I can see little hairs or sth, I've tried to get it out with my finger and cloth, I've also tried the hoover, no joy and I don;t want to break it by taking it apart, got a quote of 90 euro from a shop in Dame street, seems steep, anyone suggest how I get the dust out.

Also I've noticed that my camera will still auto focus but the little red finder leds no longer work, it's a 400D
Thanks

ThOnda

I have a can of a compressed air. That does the job.

trishw78

hang on you used your HOOVER on your camera. The hoover you use on the carpet. I'd imagine that that would do more damage then good.

oh and +1 for the compressed air but be careful

CabanSail

Avoid using Cans of Compressed Air as they can damage the sensor.

We have a couple of threads on here about sensor cleaning, which would answer most of your questions.

The use of a Hoover would probably make the situation worse, not better.

I assume that you have raised the mirror?

€90 does sound a lot to have a Sensor Cleaned. Try going to Gunns & see how much they would charge if you are not confident to do the job yourself.

kjt

If your in Rathfarnham as your nick says send me a PM and I can have a look at it for you if you wish.

13tsoptuo

I got one of these. They're daycent.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Cleaning-Air-Blower-for-Digital-SLR-Camera-Lens-Pump_W0QQitemZ260307716629QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260307716629&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318

ThOnda

CabanSail wrote: »

Avoid using Cans of Compressed Air as they can damage the sensor.

Well, I don't have a sensor in my camera :pac:

DaireQuinlan

ThOnda wrote: »

Well, I don't have a sensor in my camera :pac:

What did we say ? Hmmmm ? "Don't use the vacumn cleaner, you'll hoover that sensor right out of the camera !!" And did you listen ?? Nope ! You only have yourself to blame !

jackdaw

Gunns sell a nice sensor cleaning kit ...

it's by a crowd called 'Just' ... i got one and it worked perfectly ...


just make sure you mention the model of your camera so they give you the correct swab size.

ThOnda

By the way, the vacuum cleaner would damage your camera more by the discharge of static electricity than by it's suction.

thewing

Two words - arctic butterfly..

Woddle

13tsoptuo wrote: »

I got one of these. They're daycent.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Cleaning-Air-Blower-for-Digital-SLR-Camera-Lens-Pump_W0QQitemZ260307716629QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260307716629&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Thanks this gave me the idea to use my bicycle pump and it worked, thanks again for the suggestions.

DaireQuinlan

Woddle wrote: »

Thanks this gave me the idea to use my bicycle pump and it worked, thanks again for the suggestions.

lol. Precision piece of mechanical, optical and electronic engineering, meet ... Uhhh ... Bicycle pump !

Seriously, just invest in one of the recommended cleaning products for your camera if you're going to be doing it yourself, it'll probably save you in the long run, possibly even the price of a new camera if your hoover shenanigans are anything to go by ...

ThOnda

There is a little of oil in any pump or compressor, and if you get just one tiny drop of oil onto your sensor, the camera goes for major cleaning, maybe even repair.