How often do you clean your sensor? Do you set your SLR to clean on start up / shut down? or manually?
Haven't cleaned mine since new.
Manually and not really that often.
I find the good old airblower is a lot more effective
I got cleaning set when Shuting down (in sony the whole thing shake like **** - try it when you are in camra shop it realy SHAKE)
And ofcourse when things get dirty Airblower is the tool.
Don't have a sensor cleaner
(09-13-2009 09:26 PM)Magicmarker Wrote: [ -> ]Don't have a sensor cleaner
Me neither but you can have it done professionally.
I'm about to get my DSLR. Why do you need to clean the sensor? Do you mean clean the lens?
(09-30-2009 02:52 PM)ferndaleroad59 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm about to get my DSLR. Why do you need to clean the sensor? Do you mean clean the lens?
What DSLR are you getting?
Some models have built-in image cleaning sensors, while others don't.
If you change lenses often and shoot is difficult conditions - I would recommend a clean-up every 6-8 months.
(09-30-2009 02:52 PM)ferndaleroad59 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm about to get my DSLR. Why do you need to clean the sensor? Do you mean clean the lens?
when you change your lens, the internal of the camera is exposed. Dust can get inside and sticks on the image sensor and it results in little dirty spots on your photo. It's very obvious when you use a small aperture.
Dust was never really a big problem in the old film SLR days... because unlike DSLR, where the dust will stay on the sensor forever (until you clean it), dust on film will be removed when you wind on the next frame so it will affect only 1 photo at most.
But if you are careful on where/how you change lens and it's actually not that bad.