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<blockquote data-quote="JDFlood" data-source="post: 216404" data-attributes="member: 11653"><p>I have blown my sensor clean after every shoot since I had my D800. Eventually, there was some stuff stuck on. After trying a couple swabs it was still dirty. So I dropped it off at the Nikon certified shop. Got it back and it had streaks!... $50 or $70... I was shocked. I took it back, and got it back and it wasn't any better (but the streaks had moved)! I will never do that again! What a rip off...&nbsp; A D800 has a piece of glass (the morie filter) in front of the sensor. I suspect you would really have to screw up to damage it. Like get some sand on the swab and push hard. I got a ring light and some more swabs (wet) and had it cleaned after four swabs. Now I blow it with a rocket for a few months, then get out the ring light and swabs and clean. I am really irratated that there is this mystique to cleaning them led me to be reticence of doing it myself. Once I thought it through, I realized it isn't rocket science. If I had a 800E I would have to learn more about how fragile they are, not having the filter over the sensor. JD</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="JDFlood, post: 216404, member: 11653"] I have blown my sensor clean after every shoot since I had my D800. Eventually, there was some stuff stuck on. After trying a couple swabs it was still dirty. So I dropped it off at the Nikon certified shop. Got it back and it had streaks!... $50 or $70... I was shocked. I took it back, and got it back and it wasn't any better (but the streaks had moved)! I will never do that again! What a rip off... A D800 has a piece of glass (the morie filter) in front of the sensor. I suspect you would really have to screw up to damage it. Like get some sand on the swab and push hard. I got a ring light and some more swabs (wet) and had it cleaned after four swabs. Now I blow it with a rocket for a few months, then get out the ring light and swabs and clean. I am really irratated that there is this mystique to cleaning them led me to be reticence of doing it myself. Once I thought it through, I realized it isn't rocket science. If I had a 800E I would have to learn more about how fragile they are, not having the filter over the sensor. JD [/QUOTE]

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