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BY NASIM MANSUROV | 32 COMMENTS
LAST UPDATED ON OCTOBER 28, 2020 • Post-Processing
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This is our first video tutorial that we are posting on our blog about how to clean
your DSLR camera sensor and keep your camera gear clean. Please keep in mind Photography Life
that we shot this video last night and I did not have any time to edit the video or
add sample images to the video. I will make sure to post pictures of the process UNFILTERED
along with plenty of text describing it later this week, for those who have low
bandwidth Internet or do not understand my English (which is not even my
second language, btw). I had to split up the video into three parts, because
Youtube does not allow more than 15 minutes in one video.

I hope you find it educational and I hope your questions regarding cleaning the
camera sensor are answered. Let me know if you have any questions in the
comments section below!

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Here are the products mentioned in the video:

1. Giottos Rocket Air Blower (Large) – $9.99

2. Visible Dust Magic Cleaner Microfiber Cloth – $7.95
3. Visible Dust Sensor Clean Solution – $35.90
4. Visible Dust Vswab 1.0x (for full frame cameras like D700/D3s/D3x) – $39.95
5. Visible Dust Vswab 1.5-1.6x (for cropped sensor cameras like
D5000/D90/D300s) – $32.95
6. Visible Dust Sensor Loupe – $86.24
7. Visible Dust Chamber Clean – $29.95
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online at B&H, Adorama or other camera stores. I would not recommend

alternative products to the Visible Dust sensor swabs and sensor clean, unless
you know what you are doing. Like I said in the video, I personally use the
cheaper method to clean the DSLR sensor (which I will cover in a different video
later), but it is a lot more complicated and can lead to more dust if not done
properly.

Here is an article on how to wet clean DSLR sensor in less than 5 minutes.

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Jennifer
July 6, 2017 9:30 am

Nasim, thank you for these videos. They were a big help in cleaning the sensor on my DSLR
camera. I was having a major problem with dust particles showing up on the pictures that I
wasn’t seeing through the view finder. I was able to clean the sensor and it took care of the
dust particle.

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Arto Nalbandyan
September 19, 2014 11:26 am

Hi Nasim,
First I’d like to thank you so much for your youtube channel and website,I have been
following your work for a while now, and you have done excellent job.
Dear nasim i have recently messed up my sony nex f3 mirrorless camera with eyeleads dust
grabber.I live in Germany and i have used the very original one, and unfortunately i found out
later from your forums that these dustgrabbers are not for sony nex sensors.
So, in one of your articles you have mentioned that you have had some experience with this
problem and that you have once WET cleaned a sony sensor with gel remains on it, and it
took you a lot of time and effort.
Today i found out that it will cost me 40 euros to clean the sensor, but i hesitate to do so
because i am not sure if they’ll get it completely cleaned,because i didn’t tell them exactly
what kind of durt is on the sensor,they are however professionals.And i dont want to pay a lot
more because the body only costs 150 eu on ebay.

Would you recommend to give it a try or to try to wet clean it myself.

Thank you so much.

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John
November 5, 2013 12:16 pm

Great tips, thorough! A lot of in depth details; very very useful and practical to us. Thank you
very much for your time to share your knowledge and tips with us. Appreciate it!

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Bill Tucker
December 18, 2012 8:07 pm

Is this the best way to clean oil spots on my nikon d7000? The techichian where I bought my
camera confirmeed they were oil spots and not dust. He said that he could clean it for
$50.00 but that they most likely would return. He hinted around that I should learn to clean
this sensor on the D7000 since it was going to reoccur. After talking to Nikon Service it is
obvious that they were not going to admit the oil spots were a problem for the d7000 and
eve n told me so in an email.

thanks Bill

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Manuel
December 3, 2012 11:29 am

Nasim,
first of all I want to thank you for your great site. I really enjoy your articles and have learned
a lot about digital photography by it.

Your videos about sensor cleaning a really informative and lucid. But I m still unsettled. Why
do you recommend “Sensor Clean” liquid? And what are your negative experience with
eclipse by photographic solutions? In my opinion a wet cleanig makes only sense, when
there are oil specks on the sensor. And so I do not understand, why visible dust offers 3
different solutions (o.k., they want to get rich).
Eclipse seems to be more versatile, because I clould use it for lenses too. Is there a risk to
use it on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coated sensor like the D7000?

Until now I have only tried your dry methods. I could remove some dust, but not all. Most of
the remaining seems to be specks (not dust particles). And now I see some annoying dust
particles through my viewfinder – must be on the mirror or the focusing screen (most of
them are getting more pronounced when closing the apperture). The Blower doesnt help.
Please could you provide use with your tips how to clean the mirror and the focusing screen?
Thanks a lot in advance!

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Ed Long
September 3, 2012 7:25 am

Sincere thanks for your tutorial essays and videos

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Sudhakar
June 26, 2012 2:10 pm

Your article helped me clean my D40. Never thought that Sensor cleaning is so simple.
Initially I was very skeptic but now fearless :)

Thanks a ton !

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Mikko
May 28, 2012 4:17 am

Hello Sir,

I recently had my camera sensor cleaned and Im experiencing a problem with my lens. When
i shoot at small apertures, i see this smokey figure on the left side of the photo. Im assuming
this is in the rear element of my lens. upon having that cleaned by a nikon technician, it still
has the same smokey effect though it is not as bad as before. When I inspect it, I do not see
anything in the rear element, there are no scratches either. Trying another lens on my camera
body, the smokey effect is gone. This is why im convince that the problem is in my lens. If
you could give me a feedback regarding this would be really appreciated. :)

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alex
April 26, 2012 2:57 am

Насим, спасибо за видео! Очень познавательно.

Чистил свой сенсор несĸольĸо раз, всегда с помощью груши Giottos ( тольĸо
маленьĸой ). Иногда она добаляет пыли ( выбрасывает грязь изнутри, даже если её
промыть водой ).
Пробовал почистить сенсор с помощью Lenspen SensorKlear II ( груша больше не
помогает ).
Мне он не помог, оставил тольĸо дополнительную пыль и разводы.
Хочу попробовать швабры Visible Dust. Каĸ Вы считаете, ĸаĸая жидĸость VDust лучше
бы подошла в этом случае?

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Juan Sol
September 30, 2011 5:40 pm

Hi Nasim,

Greetings from Spain. I’ve just viewed the 3 videos about cleaning and I’ve learned a lot of
good points. Thank you very much for your web.

Please, keep teaching us. Good day, Juan

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