Pro photo mag's advice on dust motes

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If you get dust specs on your images using
your DSLR, one magazine suggest making sure
your camera bag is clean inside. Vaccumm it out.
-Rich

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"C J Campbell" <christophercampbellNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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>> If you get dust specs on your images using
>> your DSLR, one magazine suggest making sure
>> your camera bag is clean inside. Vaccumm it out.
>> -Rich
>
> I am becoming a fan of the Copper Hill method.
>
>

I agree. The copper Hill website gives very good information and promotes
what I think is a superior device for swabbing the sensor.

Just a couple of weeks ago I also got a sensor brush from Visibledust. I
have tried it only once, but really liked it. I plan on using the solvent
free method of cleaning with the Sensor Brush (Visibledust), resorting to
wet-cleaning with the SensorSwipe from Copper Hill if/when required.

Just for the record, here are the websites

http://www.visibledust.com/index.htm
http://www.pbase.com/copperhill/ccd_cleaning

I agree with the original post, that prevention is better than cure so
keeping the camera bag, lenses and other items dust free is to be
recommended.

Dennis

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> "Dennis Bradley" <dennis@no_spam_please_dbradley.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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>> I agree with the original post, that prevention is better than cure so
>> keeping the camera bag, lenses and other items dust free is to be
>> recommended.
>
> You mean, don't do like I did, where I saw just on little speck of dust on
> the sensor, figured it would not hurt to just dab it out once with a lens
> cloth.....
>
> It took me weeks to remove all the lint from the camera. I still don't
> think
> I have it all out.
>
> And for my next trick, I think I will just drop an anvil on my bare toe.
> It
> would be less stupid.
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>
When I do things like that I feel like kicking myself. Don't think I will
follow your example though. :-))

Dennis

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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:00:42 GMT, JPS@no.komm wrote:

>In message <cm24015lvs82qkhger1js560p9be7trb7u@4ax.com>,
>RichA <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>>If you get dust specs on your images using
>>your DSLR, one magazine suggest making sure
>>your camera bag is clean inside. Vaccumm it out.
>
>Vacuuming reduces the amount of dust in an environment, but the very act
>moves it around, replacing removed dust with new dust (you're drawing
>air from the room into the area of low pressure). A better system would
>be a vacuum combined with a blower, with the blower blowing filtered air
>into the vicinity, so that it replaced the air that the vacuum is
>removing, instead of particulate air from the environment.

Or vacuum outside. Depending on the environment (e.g. here in
Southern Ontario surrounded by snow-covered ground and somewhat damp
air, you can hardly get a more dust-free environment. Ken