Sensor cleaning

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singlerosa_RIP

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Are you taking lots of shots that include blue sky taken at f/22? Most times, you'll notice dust/oil when you're stopped down and have a single color, light background. In fact, after you clean your sensor, you should take a shot of the blue sky or a white sheet of paper at f/22 and check for spots. I used to have more problems with spots when I only had one body and did frequent lens changes. Now, I keep my 70-300 on the D7000, 70-200 on the D600 and use the D750 for all else, with the 24-70 being on it most of the time. Reducing lens changing really cuts down on issues. Changing lenses properly also helps. You can see many videos on proper technique as wall as sensor cleaning on YouTube.
 
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SteveL54

Senior Member
Horoscope Fish said:
Without reason to think otherwise, it's probably the common dust mote fouling your sensor.

For cleaning I start with a rocket blower and if that doesn't do it I move to a sensor brush. The sensor brush nails it probably 95% of the time or better. For those times the sensor brush does NOT do it, I move to a wet cleaning using Eclipse swabs and fluid.

Rocket Blower

Sensor Brush

Pre-moistend Swabs (for wet cleaning (you can also get dry swabs and bottles of fluid if you want.))
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I took some test shots of the bright blue sky yesterday with my D7100, and I was shocked by the amount of dust spots. I change lenses quite often, but I'm very careful about where I am, and do it quickly to avoid contamination. First time that I've noticed dust since I got this in January. My son's pup somehow (?) got hold of my first Rocket Blower, and made a nice chew toy out of it.
I just ordered all three of these products suggested by [MENTION=13090]Horoscope Fish[/MENTION].My first attempt at cleaning a sensor.
Putting the camera in the dishwasher in a full cycle and adding Jet-Dry didn't really help.
 
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