Sunday, October 31, 2010

Dots on my DSLR sensor...WTF


I just got a an adaptor for my FD 50mm lens to be mounted on Canon T2i. After taking accouple of photos I noticed dot on my images. Check the lens an found everything to be clean. I check the sensor with in the camera and saw two specks of dust on it. Before I did anything drastic, I googled up some suggestions on how to clean the sensor. So far, I've tried blowing of the dust with a rubber air hand pump. That didn't work. I took some time to do some more research and came across a blog that suggested a Len Pen to clean out the sensor, so I went and bought one at a camera store. It cost me $20 bucks but it didn't work.
The dots were still there and I was getting desperate. I called a fix shop in Hollywood FL to help me out. I've been to the Camera Clinic before and they were extremely helpful. I call them and told them what was up with my DSLR sensor. They said they can fix it but it would cost me about $60 bucks. Damn it, I thought, how am I going to deal with this every time I open my camera to change the lens if this is gonna happen every time. There has got to be a least expensive way to fix my sensor and so I went back to the web to read for solution. What I found was these Sensor Swabs . Now this thing is inexpensive and works 99% of the time. I checked reviews on the Sensor Swab before I purchase and everyone said that this is the number one thing to use when nothing eles works to fix the sensor. Here is a youtube video about it how it works. Its comes with plastic swabs, lens cleaners and a bottle of liquid cleaner. One thing to know about this pack I got, If you are a 550/T2i owner like me, you will find that the plastic swab does not fit inside the camera sensor, or at least the pack I bought. I had to remove the sheet cleaner wrapped around the swab and cut the sides of the swab to make it fit inside. I recommend to do this in a dust free environment. Also there might be an issue traveling with this Sensor Swab's cleaning liquid. The bottle is filled methanol, which is an explosive liquid. There is however a better liquid cleaner that is natural and drys really fast. Here is a video on the comparison of different brands on this link. I hope this info help you out if you have this problem.

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