Dust Dust Dust!!! I hate it!

Just when I thought everything was all nice and ok, I just notice a blob of dust on my pics. Not too big, but prominent on anything to do with sky.

And now that is all I can see. This stuff gets everywhere.......... The only major drawback of DSLR cameras...........

Now to go back through everything I've taken for the last month and try the touch up method on iPhoto.......

Arctic butterfly, is the answer.

It has been a major drawback in photography since 1839.

Swab and solution should also help....i use it....jee ess

Ditto, blow the lens before putting on.
Have a spare lens cap to limit dust time when swapping.

There's an opportunity for somebody to invent a "dust trap" TM. An open caged sticky thing that attracts dust in your camera bag and swallows it. A bit like an ant trap, but for dust .....

I would but I'm busy.

I hadn't noticed the dust at all until I looked from a slightly different angle!!

The arctic butterfly is quite expensive......


I'm very paranoid about damaging the sensor or making the dust worse through the home cleaning stuff!

It's worth every penny. And don't forget it isn't the sensor itself you're cleaning but the sensor protector. If you follow the instructions you won't go wrong.

And do you really think the average Joe in the local camera shop is using anything else (or that they will take as much care of your camera as you will)?

Just note that if you go the liquid option, be careful about which one you buy.
I know of two choices; Eclipse and Eclipse2. The wrong one will damage the sensor coating.

Other than that, nothing to doing it yourself.
I have not heard of anyone with an ounce of common sense actually doing damage. (if you have uncontrollable shaking in your hands, you might want to think about having someone do that for you)
Liquid cleaning is probably about the only thing that gets sticky pollen and similar crud off the sensor.


Have not tried the Artic Butterfly, how well does it work for really sticky stuff like pollen?
Although honestly, with the anti-dust system in the K7/K5 I have not had a reason to do more than use the Rocket Blower.
Just interested, as the Artic butterfly would be so much more convenient than carrying flammable liquid, especially on a plane trip.

It doesn't work for pollen but works for dust. I use the butterfly when I need to (about once a year) and swabs if I really, really need to - which so far has been once!