Hi Giles. I could put a video together on this in the future, but in the meantime I simply use the blower brush while holding the camera upside down so the dust falls away. If you can't see any stubborn dirt or fingerprints or greasy marks or anything on the sensor (and there shouldn't be as that part of the camera should never get touched and when changing lenses do it quickly so no dirt gets onto the sensor and if changing lenses outdoors shield the camera from wind so nothing blows in there) then don't touch it. If you can see a mark on it, fingerprint for example, then I use a Zeiss lens wipe - amzn.to/3wwmts8 - and 'gently' wipe across the sensor. To get in the corners I wrap the Zeiss lens wipe (which are impregnated with a lens cleaning solution) around the end of a cotton (ear) bud and, again, gently, wipe into the corners. I've actually pressed quite hard onto a Hasselblad sensor on an X1D II 50C and caused no damage, but I'm not sure how sensors on other cameras may be. I guess with some you can apply more pressure than others before any damage might occur so err on the side of caution and be gentle. Personally, I believe sending a camera away to the manufacturer and paying £50 or something stupid is just a big rip off as cleaning the sensor is no more complicated than cleaning your spectacles with a spectacle/camera lens wet wipe like the Zeiss ones. It's worth noting that cameras that have IBS (In Body Stabilisation) will need extra care as they are not fixed, they are hinged on several moving parts that allow the sensor to do its IBS thing, so be extra EXTRA careful with IBS sensors.
I pulled the valve from the base of mine. It is a valve only, preventing air blowing out. It has no filter, so dust will be sucked in. Well, in theory but the red nozzle has no valve and is not filtered either so the air just gets sucked back in through it with less resistance than the valve on the base. Maybe mine is faulty?
Not if you hold the camera or lens upside down so when you jet air onto it the particles of dust and grit naturally fall out after been dislodged by the air blower. This is how photographers have been removing dust and grit for years and there is no other way of doing it.
Hi Nigel
Can you show us how you clean your camera sensors ?
Hi Giles. I could put a video together on this in the future, but in the meantime I simply use the blower brush while holding the camera upside down so the dust falls away. If you can't see any stubborn dirt or fingerprints or greasy marks or anything on the sensor (and there shouldn't be as that part of the camera should never get touched and when changing lenses do it quickly so no dirt gets onto the sensor and if changing lenses outdoors shield the camera from wind so nothing blows in there) then don't touch it. If you can see a mark on it, fingerprint for example, then I use a Zeiss lens wipe - amzn.to/3wwmts8 - and 'gently' wipe across the sensor. To get in the corners I wrap the Zeiss lens wipe (which are impregnated with a lens cleaning solution) around the end of a cotton (ear) bud and, again, gently, wipe into the corners.
I've actually pressed quite hard onto a Hasselblad sensor on an X1D II 50C and caused no damage, but I'm not sure how sensors on other cameras may be. I guess with some you can apply more pressure than others before any damage might occur so err on the side of caution and be gentle.
Personally, I believe sending a camera away to the manufacturer and paying £50 or something stupid is just a big rip off as cleaning the sensor is no more complicated than cleaning your spectacles with a spectacle/camera lens wet wipe like the Zeiss ones.
It's worth noting that cameras that have IBS (In Body Stabilisation) will need extra care as they are not fixed, they are hinged on several moving parts that allow the sensor to do its IBS thing, so be extra EXTRA careful with IBS sensors.
I got some dusty bunnies off my Leica M sensor. I used the medium size Rocket Air.
I pulled the valve from the base of mine. It is a valve only, preventing air blowing out. It has no filter, so dust will be sucked in. Well, in theory but the red nozzle has no valve and is not filtered either so the air just gets sucked back in through it with less resistance than the valve on the base. Maybe mine is faulty?
Mine has a black section not he bottom, but I don't want to pull it out to see what is in there to be honest. But I believe there is a filter in it.
Won't that force some of the dust particles inside even more ?
Not if you hold the camera or lens upside down so when you jet air onto it the particles of dust and grit naturally fall out after been dislodged by the air blower. This is how photographers have been removing dust and grit for years and there is no other way of doing it.