Dealing With DSLR Sensor Dust

[John Lane]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/digital-slr-sensor-cleaning/' target='_blank'>http://photojojo.com/content/tutori...ensor-cleaning/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Digital SLR sensors are magnets for dust. Cleaning a digital sensor is nerve-wracking and risky, with enough methods, products, and gimmicks on the market to flummox a rocket scientist. And that, dear friends, is why you have Photojojo. We're breaking it down right now: what works, what doesn't, and whether the annoyance of having dust spots is worth the trouble of cleaning them"</em></p><p><img height="271" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1232592608.usr18286.jpg" style="border: 0;" width="377" /></p><p>Sensor dust is a real problem for landscape and travel photographers. Even though most new cameras come equipped with anti-dust shake mechanisms, dust still accumulates on the sensor.&nbsp; This site has the best and most informative post I have seen on the methods you can use to get rid of dust.&nbsp; It does a great job of outlining the steps you can use to combat dust accumulation, from the easiest to the most effective.&nbsp; I have used blowers before, but I have never had the intestinal fortitude to clean my sensors with the swabs.&nbsp; A mistake can cost you dearly!</p>

[marlof]

In 3 or 4 years of DSLR usage, I've never had to clean the sensor of my cameras. And that included the time where I was changing lenses in dusty Botswana. I guess the dust buster in my cameras (Olympus) works fine.

[Jason Dunn]

Yeah, same here Marlof - but I also don't exactly do much "extreme shooting" in terms of using my camera in dusty environments...I can't imagine how that camera in the photo above got so dirty. :eek:

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Shot a volcanic eruption? Ran through a muddy race of some kind? Or just dropped it in a dusty trail. :P