For the past month or so I’ve been noticing specs of dust on pictures taken with my Nikon D70s. This means that I have some dust on my camera’s sensor that needs to be removed. There are many ways to clean a sensor and different people will suggest different methods. I chose the blower method as it doesn’t require me to actually touch the sensor (reducing the chance of doing damage). After using the Giottos Rocket, I am now dust-free and no longer have annoying specs of dust on my pictures. Here is how I did it…
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Thanks for the tip and the video. Most of my friends are into DSLR’s. I’ll send this link to them
Pat, excellent dslr cleaning tip/videos!! I really like it and already own the Giottos.
You suggested using the smallest aperture, right? The lense doesn’t matter, I guess. Are you doing a long exposure in M mode and intentionally blurring the backgroud? I can’t quite tell from watching the video.
Thanks for any clarification of the technique!
Great job!!
Hey Tom,
Yes, use the smallest aperture (largest f/stop, number 22). I just used my kit lens and I think any clean lens should do fine.
I did shoot in M mode and set my shutter speed to one that would show the paper as being white. If your shutter speed is too short, the image will be too dark, if it’s too long, your image will be blown out. I think I used a 4 second shutter speed with the lighting in my room.
Finally, I did vibrate the camera a bit so that the background blurred. This removes any detail that could be confused for dust. Hope that helps
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