Sensor cleaning best practices and supplies

[Freakscene]

Good idea - my 3x Optivisor and a flashlight ain’t cutting it. There’s a lit 7x on Amazon I’ll order.

It does help.

Is it good practice to use pointy foam sticks with Eclipse to work on tough spots? This listing states camera sensor use, but they can say anything they want…. https://a.co/d/a4bfZal

I’m not sure. I have never had anything that resisted repeated swab cleaning.

 

[Godfrey]

I take care to keep dust and such out of my cameras and have only very rarely needed to do a sensor cleaning. A quick check a few minutes ago showed both the Leicas and the Hasselblad to have only an insignificant spot or two, and a quick dust-off with a Giottos Rocket removed those. The notion of a lit Sensor Loupe for examination purposes is interesting, however. I decided to give the 7x one on Amazon a try ... it's cheap enough, hopefully it will work decently.

I just choose not to worry about it too much. Spotting an image isn't too difficult these days. 😉

G