How do you clean your sensor?

Hi.
As the title question says, I would like to hear your experiences.
I have used rocket blower and it got worse.
If I need to clean it regularly and since I have two cameras, it will cost a lot.
What is the best option to clean the sensor?

Thanks for reading and replying.

The best option is don't. So far I've only ever used a rocket blower and not very often. Making sure the camera is switched off when changing lenses and that the camera throat is pointing downwards will help.

Hi.
I want the best option and unfortunately, some dots appear in photos.
Then, go back to shop to clean paying £35 again?
I think digital sensor get dust quite easily in my experience.

Maybe others don't need to clean their sensor that often and I will be wondering how.
Thanks.

JRs advice works, in normal use I very rarely clean the sensor. When I do need to I use an Arctic Butterfly.

Davex.

I use a brushless blower.

The in camera check screen is useful but you do learn more from an out of focus F22 pic of the sky from time to time.

I'm surprised some users only do it rarely. I find outdoors photography invites some dust however careful you are with in the field lens changes.

I've never used any device wet or dray that touches the thin glass screen protecting the sensor.

I change lenses frequently but have never needed to 'clean' the sensor...
I may have been lucky but I have a lens changing routine that is pretty quick...
I also run the sensor shake/dust removal feature after formatting sdhc cards... (I always format the card after I've dropped images onto laptop)

Arctic Butterfly for sure. Buy the cheapest model as they are all fundamentally the same.

Best way IMO is to wet clean it. Get a swab kit and fluid.


I'm not suprised. Blowing air around inside as you say can only put the sensor in danger of getting even more crap on it and not something I would want to do.

Interestingly I used to get crap on my K20D and K10D sensors quite regularly. Since swapping them for a couple of K-5s I haven't had to clean them at all. I've changed lenses in some mucky places too! Maybe the K-5 has a much better dust removal system than previous models?

Certainly seems to be better on the K7/5, I've not seen any dust specs yet either. Set the dust reduction to come on when the camera switches on, and always turn it off when changing lenses. Any specs in the past were dealt with by very careful and patient parping of the rocket blower.

Hi all,

the start up sensor shake seems less vigorous than the menu one on my old KX and now my KR. I still have it on though.

I take about 6,000 photos a year mostly outdoors and with regualr changes of lens in field. Lucky people who don't have to use dust blower on the sensors protective screen.

I think telephoto zooms suck in dust. I assume the weather proof ones are less prone to this but outside my budget.

Hi.
I have tried wet sensor swap, but it is the same.
Hopeless, I think I need to go to the shop.
Really frustrating to have to deal with it.
How do you use wet sensor swap anyway?
Thanks.

Next to no fluid and then in a single sweep drag the swab over the sensor.

Then do it another three times until you get it right.

If you do a search on this forum you will probably find 30 topics or so in the last 2 years about this

After five times application, it remains the same.
link
Is it really a stain?
Thanks.

You might find the answer here
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/a-dot-in-photos-of-my-k-5-28383

Contact the dealer and see what they say, if they aren't helpfull you can always contact Pentax.