what's best way to clean sensor?

[parameters]

hi all... just noticed there's a few dark spots in my photo which i'm pretty sure it's dust on sensor... can any expert here advice on best way/equipment to clean sensor?

i change my lens quite frequently, what's the best way to avoid it in the future? 😕

thanks in advance!

 

[Mike Ip]

With my DSLRs I just use a blower and most of the time that gets all the dust off the sensor. When changing lens I've always been told to turn off the camera so the sensor discharges completely and won't attract and dust. Hope that helps.

 

[achi4]

Hi,
Here is a site which gives a pretty good over view of the methods.
On my M8, I use a blower for loose dust holding the camera with the opening down and blowing with a large blower. If there is still some dust I then use the arctic butterfly or one of the other brushes from the same supplier (visible dust I think), and finally for very stubborn spots I have used Sensor Swabs and Eclipse2 (which is the one to use for the M8 sensor.
I check for dust by taking a shot at f16 of a white sheet of paper or a blue sky, open in Photoshop and click autolevels and then examine the frame at 50 or 100%

Don't worry if you don't get things 100% clean, dust will only show at smaller apertures and in the sky or other even areas - usually in the top half of pictures.

maurice

 

[achi4]

sorry here is the link
http://www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com/methods.html

 

[parameters]

here's ones with dust

 

[Andy Aitken]

That's not sensor dust, it's a swarm of flies that are after your cheese 😱

 

[parameters]

That's not sensor dust, it's a swarm of flies that are after your cheese 😱

😛

by the way, this is a naive question :: does the white balance look correct in my photos?

 

[sepiareverb]

What ever happened to good old Emery Cloth? 😀

 

[jaapv]

😛

by the way, this is a naive question :: does the white balance look correct in my photos?

Only you yourself can judge if the colourbalance is to your taste. It is an artistic decision, like exposure. If you want to get close to the original, use a grey chart, but the result will not always be the most pleasing.
You MUST use a calibrated monitor. Not Adobe Gamma, but properly balanced by a product like Colour Spyder or similar. Otherwise you will waste a lot of printer-paper.

Btw. Maurice's way of cleaning is the proper protocol.