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Message: <blockquote data-quote="480sparky" data-source="post: 584570" data-attributes="member: 15805">Cleaning a sensor with the wet method is actually so stupendously simple and easy, once you do it you'll be kicking yourself for not learning how the day you bought your first DSLR.As for using a vacuum, think about it:  it will not only suck up dust, but it will suck in a LOT OF AIR.  And that air will need to be replaced.  So you'll end up sucking a bunch of dusty air right into the camera.  As for rocket blowers, there's a right way and a wrong way to use them.  The right way is to face the camera mount down at a 45° and and blow up, holding the blower at a 90° angle to the camera. This will allow the dust that's blown out to fall straight down, while the end of the rocket blower is held off to the side of the cascade of dust.</blockquote>