mark_stephan2 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I was out this afternoon trying to photograph birds in flight on a overcast day and when I looked at the pictures they were full of spots, spots everywhere. This being an old digital camera body what would you use to clean the sensor? I was shooting at f8 or f11 mostly with a 100-400 and Canon 1.4 tc if that makes a difference. Would the same product also clean my 6D and 70D too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler4 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I've cleaned all of my sensors the same way: 1. Start with air, holding the sensor pointing down. 2, Then move to a static brush to get the easy stuff that the air didn't dislodge. 3. Finally, move to a wet cleaning if necessary. I use the Copper Hill materials. They are out of business, but others sell the same stuff: swabs and Eclipse cleaner. There is also a sensor cleaning version of a LensPen, but I haven't used it much. The lens is irrelevant. The aperture is relevant in that the narrower the aperture, the more apparent dust spots will be. I test as I clean by shooting a blank computer monitor with a very small aperture, which helps show what I have missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Keefer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Here is a video Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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