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How often do you clean your camera?
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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 198077" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>When my D90 showed a couple of dust bunnies in photos, I used the camera's sensor cleaning option which took care of them. </p><p></p><p>Then I got a D600 which has the oil spots, and I began wet cleaning the sensor. Initially I was VERY apprehensive to try it until BackdoorHippie posted a video <a href="http://nikonites.com/d600/11932-how-wet-clean-oil-spots-sensor.html#axzz2f0lPDpk0" target="_blank">in this thread</a> which very clearly describes how to do it. </p><p></p><p>How do you know if your camera needs cleaning? Take a couple photos of a blue sky with the aperture set to f/16 or f/22 (or you can take a photo of a plain light colored wall). The spots usually only show up in photos taken with small apertures. Enlarge your photo on your computer--you might have to adjust the photo's contrast a little to make the spots more visible--IF there are any.</p><p></p><p>You should at least learn the proper steps for using a blower. You don't want to insert the blower inside the camera body. If you watch the video, the blower is used first anyway for a wet cleaning, and the video is extremely helpful. The guy is dry but spot on (no pun intended) with his instructions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 198077, member: 13196"] When my D90 showed a couple of dust bunnies in photos, I used the camera's sensor cleaning option which took care of them. Then I got a D600 which has the oil spots, and I began wet cleaning the sensor. Initially I was VERY apprehensive to try it until BackdoorHippie posted a video [URL="http://nikonites.com/d600/11932-how-wet-clean-oil-spots-sensor.html#axzz2f0lPDpk0"]in this thread[/URL] which very clearly describes how to do it. How do you know if your camera needs cleaning? Take a couple photos of a blue sky with the aperture set to f/16 or f/22 (or you can take a photo of a plain light colored wall). The spots usually only show up in photos taken with small apertures. Enlarge your photo on your computer--you might have to adjust the photo's contrast a little to make the spots more visible--IF there are any. You should at least learn the proper steps for using a blower. You don't want to insert the blower inside the camera body. If you watch the video, the blower is used first anyway for a wet cleaning, and the video is extremely helpful. The guy is dry but spot on (no pun intended) with his instructions. ;) [/QUOTE]
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