Tidying up sensors, lenses and other photographic items from dust, fungus, liquids etc.
Questions tagged [cleaning]
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Is it safe to clean SLR lenses with pressurized computer dust cleaners?
Is it safe and a good idea to clean DSLR lens using computer dust removal, which has powerful air pressure ?
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What exactly is a "circular motion" when using a lens cleaning pen?
The instructions for the Lenspen lens cleaning tool as well as those for similar knock-offs all say:
Wipe the lens surface with smooth circular motions.
"Circular" can be interpreted in several ways — it can mean the whole thing should be moved in…
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How to clean a camera after being exposed to sea spray?
I went camping on the beach over the weekend. One of the scenic areas I went to was very windy and had waves crashing hard against some rocks. So there was a lot if sea spray in the air which constantly blasted my camera (Nikon D5100). The lens…
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How do I minimise cleaning requirements for an outdoor all-sky camera dome?
I am building an international network of astronomical all-sky cameras. The cameras will be protected from the elements with a clear plastic dome.
(To clarify, I will have a camera on a rooftop pointing upward, with a clear plastic dome protecting…
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Auto sensor cleaning - is the movement too fast to be visible?
After reading this question, it made me wonder: while the auto sensor cleaning is happening, would the human eye be able to detect any movement?
Point 4 of the accepted answer to this question suggests that the vibration is at a frequency of around…
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Does the size of blower matter to clean the sensor of the camera?
I'm planning to use a blower to clean the dust from my DSLR sensor, and there are several sizes of blower, such as this small blower:
And on the other side, there is other bigger blower, such as:
Which one is more effective? The smaller one seems…
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What is the safest way to clean a greasy camera body?
My skin gets oily very rapidly, and as a result everything from my keyboard through to the (already very glossy) body of my NX100 has a thin sheen of oil building up on the most handled parts after prolonged use.
The parts that are nowhere near any…
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