John Morrison Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Check out Jessops website. Those 'before' and 'after' pix don't inspire much confidence in their sensor-cleaning service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 "The viewfinder of your camera may have dust inside it – this exists within the interior of the camera, we won’t be able to clean this, but this shouldn’t affect your image quality." "shouldn't"? How about "won't". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeRay Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 50 quid for a 1 hour service (with spots remaining) !! I pay 5 quid here in Thailand and get a cup of coffee whilst I wait, and the sensor is pristine afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Harry Harrison said: "The viewfinder of your camera may have dust inside it – this exists within the interior of the camera, we won’t be able to clean this, but this shouldn’t affect your image quality." "shouldn't"? How about "won't". It might if you can't see through the viewfinder because of the dust. I will stick with Fixation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Actually, Jessops aside, I've always got on very well with the Visible Dust Arctic Butterfly brush. I thought it was rubbish at first but I was using it like a brush, then I realised that you whizz it for a short time which spins the brush at high speed to gain a static charge, and then just a single very gentle pass over the sensor before repeating as necessary. The dust particles are drawn to the brush and then dispersed next time you whizz it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, John Morrison said: Check out Jessops website. Those 'before' and 'after' pix don't inspire much confidence in their sensor-cleaning service! These days my D750's have the same lenses on most of the time, so in around 18 months I've never had to wet clean as with older cameras that had regular lens changing. If a rocket blower doesn't remove dust, wet cleaning is quite straight forward and there's no down time. Jessops never ever inspired confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BidC Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, John Morrison said: Check out Jessops website. Those 'before' and 'after' pix don't inspire much confidence in their sensor-cleaning service! They cleaned one of my cameras sensor last year, and did a good job .... (charged £25) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 It really depends on the person doing the job. I 'wet clean' it myself now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 48 minutes ago, Sultanpepa said: I 'wet clean' it myself now. Yeah.. just hold it under the kitchen tap... works fine! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I've never had to wet clean but because I do tend to change lenses quite often there is dust inside the film chamber which I find is more difficult to remove than dust on the sensor but will inevitably end up on the sensor at some time or other. I sometimes use a sticky pad made from masking tape so long as it's nowhere near the sensor, a rocket blower seems to just move it around. I saw a Leica sensor cleaning video where the chap had a nice desktop lab vacuum pump but he was in a clean room with a white coat etc. otherwise the air you suck out is liable to be replaced by dust in the air drawn in to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Without wishing to come across as a Visible Dust rep, the 7x magnifying loupe with a ring of LED lights is excellent at showing what the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I've found he cleaning method depends on the dust. Dry dust goes away with a blower, but sticky dust, like pollens usually needs a wet clean. I bet the Sony RX100 users are chuckling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 36 minutes ago, Matt Ashmore said: Yeah.. just hold it under the kitchen tap... works fine! 😁 Isn't that the Jessops method? Seriously, I suspect the quality of their sensor cleaning varies from store to store, depending on wether its undertaken by an experienced person or a Saturday lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Matt Ashmore said: Yeah.. just hold it under the kitchen tap... works fine! 😁 😂I bet there's someone out there that's tried that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAROL SAUNDERS Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Fixation for me also for sensor cleaning. Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 https://www.shutterbug.com/content/how-not-clean-your-camera-unless-you-need-really-expensive-paperweight-video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I once had a Nikon D750 which required a shutter change/renewal. Nikon recall. Previously the sensor had been in pristeen condition. When camera was returned there was muck all over the sensor. They did offer to clean it for free if I returned the camera. (Should think so too.) Cleaned it myself as it was quicker. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr Standfast said: I bet the Sony RX100 users are chuckling... I think it was Wim said he had to have a rx100 sensor cleaned one time. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Not had to wet clean the sensor of my Sony a6500 as yet despite changing lenses every other shot. Things have moved on since the days of, for example, the Canon 5D mk1 which seemed to go out of its way to find dust to attract to the sensor. The mk2 is a whole lot better, but the little Sony is remarkable. Maybe the action of a DSLR mirror sucks the stuff in, and mirrorless, although counter intuitive, appears far less prone to the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Bryan said: Not had to wet clean the sensor of my Sony a6500 as yet despite changing lenses every other shot. Things have moved on since the days of, for example, the Canon 5D mk1 which seemed to go out of its way to find dust to attract to the sensor. The mk2 is a whole lot better, but the little Sony is remarkable. Maybe the action of a DSLR mirror sucks the stuff in, and mirrorless, although counter intuitive, appears far less prone to the problem. Also zoom lenses are a major culprit. I carried out a test on both my Sony A7's and the A6000 and found lots of crud which caused me to spend a lot of time removing spots etc. from images before uploading to Alamy. Going to have to spend some time cleaning sensors tomorrow. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaffen Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Fixation every time for me! They also clean the outside elements of any lens attached to the camera backs you bring in. For a small charge they will do this for other non-attached lenses too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 22 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Also zoom lenses are a major culprit. I carried out a test on both my Sony A7's and the A6000 and found lots of crud which caused me to spend a lot of time removing spots etc. from images before uploading to Alamy. Going to have to spend some time cleaning sensors tomorrow. Allan I have found that very subtle dust spots didn't always show easily on light blue skies shot at F16. When using a MacBook Air for lightness, as it doesn't have an IPS display as per retina's, I always keep the display parallel to my face to ensure brightness accuracy. If using the Air to check for sensor muck, I would angle the display right back so the light blue sky darkened considerably, this made any dust/muck easier to see before removing and eventual sensor cleaning. Re zoom lenses, the old trombone action type could pump in no end of dust. I suspect newer lenses can still cause problems. If you went back to primes that would likely cause more issues when lens changing. We just have to live with it and keep the sensors clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 12 hours ago, Allan Bell said: I think it was Wim said he had to have a rx100 sensor cleaned one time. Allan Yep. Twice. By the official repair contractor for Sony. Which also has been the Canon one for ages. If I remember correctly it cost 65 euro. Which would be expensive for a normal sensor clean, but not for one where the body has to be disassembled. So my guess is that the disassembling is not all that complicated and the sensor may not have to be calibrated afterwards. Or that's also uncomplicated. Now why or how the dust got inside, I don't know. From another mishap I know that there are some barriers between the various plastic tubes that even do more pumping/air sucking than most of the old zoom lenses. It may have been some sort of fluff already present inside the camera, like from a light baffle or one of those barriers. I did ask at the time, but got no straight answer other than: it's very much a routine thing. Which in turn somehow did nothing to reassure me 😁. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 18 hours ago, Bryan said: Things have moved on since the days of, for example, the Canon 5D mk1 which seemed to go out of its way to find dust to attract to the sensor. The mk2 is a whole lot better My Mk2 has suffered badly from oil spots for years. I had a really good clean done a few years ago by an experienced guy at Dale Photographic in Leeds which removed them for a little while but they soon came back. I've just learned to live with them. On clear blue skies they're easy to clone out, on most other backgrounds they aren't noticeable. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 17 hours ago, sb photos said: I have found that very subtle dust spots didn't always show easily on light blue skies shot at F16. I use LR and use the spot removal tool (Q). Go to bottom left of image screen and tick box where it says "Visualise" and move slider next to it to extreme right. BOOM. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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